AUTHOR=Huang Kai , Yu Xuxia , Yu Yushan , Cen Yin , Shu Jie , Yang Naibin , Chu Jinguo 

TITLE=Relative bradycardia presented as a clinical feature of Brucella melitensis infection: A case report

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1013294

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2022.1013294

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Brucellosis, caused by Brucella species, is an infectious disease transmitted by contacting with infected animals or their secretions. It is characterized by fever and headache. Relative bradycardia is sinus bradycardia as a phenomenon of dissociation between heart rate and body temperature, insufficient increase in pulse despite high fever. We report one Chinese case of Brucella melitensis infection with relative bradycardia as a condition but no significant compensatory increase in heart rate despite high fever. This is the first report of relative bradycardia among Brucellosis.