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Brucellar Spondylitis: Review of 35 Cases and Literature Survey
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Thirty-five patients aged 14-74 years (average, 54 years) who had brucellar spondylitis were treated between January 1991 and December 1997. The time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis of spondylitis ranged from 1 week to 8 months (median, 9 weeks). Back or neck pain (100% of patients), fever (66%), and constitutional symptoms (57%) were the most common symptoms. Cultures of blood specimens from 26 patients (74%) were positive for Brucella melitensis. The duration of antimicrobial therapy (median, 120 days; range, 45-535 days) varied according to clinical response and the presence of epidural and paravertebral masses. One of the 35 patients underwent surgical treatment of a spinal epidural abscess. Therapy failed for 9 patients (26%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 12%-43%), and 5 (14%; 95% CI, 5%-30%) had a relapse. There were no deaths or severe sequelae in this study. Brucellar spondylitis causes considerable suffering and absenteeism from work, but long-term clinical responses are favorable.
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- Authors
- Solera, J., Lozano, E., Martinez-Alfaro, E., Espinosa, A., Castillejos, M. L., & Abad, L.
- Venue
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1999-12-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1440-1449
- ISSN
- 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6591
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- W2132711878
- Cited by
- 294
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 5.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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