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Cardiac echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed abnormal myocardial hypertrophy, and the patient showed poor response to myocarditis-targeted treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Outcome<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Genetic testing for inherited cardiomyopathies ruled out Fabry disease, hereditary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and ATTR amyloidosis-associated abnormal genes. Serum immunofixation electrophoresis indicated positivity for lambda light chain. AL cardiac amyloidosis was confirmed by myocardial biopsy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We report a case of chronic Brucella infection and AL-type cardiac amyloidosis, with a high overlap in clinical onset time. 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