A Case of Cervical Brucella spondylitis with Paravertebral Abscess and Neurological Deficits

Spondylitis is one of the more frequent osteoarticular complications of Brucella infection, but cervical spine involvement is rare. We report here a case of cervical Brucella spondylitis with paravertebral anterior epidural abscess which resulted in neurological deficits. The diagnosis is based on c...

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Published inScandinavian journal of infectious diseases Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 214 - 215
Main Author Metin Basaranoglu, Ali Mert, Fehmi Tabak, Kaya Kanberoglu, Yildirim Aktuglu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 1999
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Abscess - microbiology
Bacterial arthritis and osteitis
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Brucella
Brucella abortus
Brucellosis - microbiology
Cervical Vertebrae
Epidural Space
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nervous System Diseases - etiology
spine (cervical)
spondylitis
Spondylitis - diagnosis
Spondylitis - microbiology
Tropical medicine
Asia
Turkey
Human
Nervous system diseases
Compression
Spinal cord
Vertebral canal
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Abscess
Brucella
Spine disease
Infection
Case study
Extradural
Spondylitis
Brucellaceae
Central nervous system disease
Bacteriosis
Bacteria
Brucellosis
Complication
Spinal cord disease
Cervical spine
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Summary:Spondylitis is one of the more frequent osteoarticular complications of Brucella infection, but cervical spine involvement is rare. We report here a case of cervical Brucella spondylitis with paravertebral anterior epidural abscess which resulted in neurological deficits. The diagnosis is based on clinical history supported by Brucella serology, radiological findings and histological evidence.
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ISSN:0036-5548
1651-1980
DOI:10.1080/003655499750006353