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Volume 26

July - September 2010

Number  3


 

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Brucellar spondylodiscitis
in the cervical region

Omer Evirgen1, Murat Altas2, Ramazan Davran3,
Vicdan Koksaldi Motor4, Yusuf Onlen5

ABSTRACT

Diagnosis of brucella infection may be difficult, because it can mimic many other diseases. We report a 57-year old man who had presented with the complaints of radiculopathy, and was diagnosed as cervical spondylodiscitis. The spondylodiscitis was diagnosed via rose bengal test, positive serology, and positive culture results after the initial suspicion with magnetic resonance imaging. Streptomycin for 14 days and doxycycline rifampicin for tree months were used for the treatment. Brucellar spondylodiscitis in the cervical region is a rare presentation, beside that prognosis with early diagnosis and adequate treatment is good.

KEY WORDS: Brucellosis, Spondylodiscitis, Cervical Vertebrae.

Pak J Med Sci    July - September 2010    Vol. 26 No. 3    720-723

How to cite this article:

Evirgen O, Altas M, Davran R, Motor VK, Onlen Y. Brucellar spondylodiscitis in the cervical region. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(3):720-723


1. Omer Evirgen, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
2. Murat Altas, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery
3. Ramazan Davran, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiology
4. Vicdan Koksaldi Motor, MD,
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
5. Yusuf Onlen, MD,
Associated Professor,
Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
1-5. School of Medicine,
Mustafa Kemal University,
Hatay, Turkey.

Correspondence:

Dr. Omer Evirgen,
Department of Infectious Diseases and
Clinical Microbiology,
School of Medicine,
Mustafa Kemal University,
31120, Hatay,
TURKEY.
E-mail: omerevirgen@gmail.com

* Received for Publication: December 4, 2009

* Accepted: April 12, 2010



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