| Literature DB >> 12879273 |
Hürrem Bodur1, Ayse Erbay, Aylin Colpan, Esragül Akinci.
Abstract
We carried out a prospective analysis of 86 patients with brucellosis, and 26 (30%) cases were diagnosed as brucellar spondylitis. Two patients had cervical involvement, two thoracic, and 21 lumbosacral as seen in MRI. Four patients had epidural abscess and two had paravertebral abscess. All patients received combined antibiotic therapy for 4 to 12 months. Those with cervical involvement underwent surgical treatment because of medullar compression. Neither death nor severe sequelae were observed.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12879273 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0350-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 2.631