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Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case

Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen.

Abstract
The spine is the most common site of musculoskeletal involvement of brucellosis. However, there is no case report pre-sented in the literature of both cervical vertebrae spondylodiscitis and pulmonary involvement of brucella.<br>We reported a 52-year-old woman complaining for one month of fever with rigors, fatigue, malaise, pain on the neck and arm, and sweating. The Wright agglutination test for brucella was positive at titers of 1/640. MRI of the cervical vertebrae was consistent with spondylodiscitis and paravertebral and epidural abscesses.<br>Ground glass opacity was seen in the left upper lobe on CT scanning of the chest. Percutaneous image-guided biopsy was performed and Brucella melitensis was isolated. The patient was treated with streptomycin for 3 weeks, plus doxycy¬cline and rifampicin for 3 months. We recommend tissue culture for brucella patients with lung lesions. Isolation of the microorganism from a biopsy material provides conclusive evidence. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(4): 173-175<br>Gül Karagöz, Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Servisi Ümraniye, İstanbul Turkey, Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case, Gül Karagöz, Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Servisi Ümraniye, İstanbul Turkey J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(4): 173-175 doi: 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2015.04.0200


 
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Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015; 5(4): 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200

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Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657275 [Access: February 04, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200

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Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015; 5(4): 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


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Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2015), [cited February 04, 2024]; 5(4): 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


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Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen (2015) Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 5 (4), 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


Turabian Style

Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. 2015. Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5 (4), 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


Chicago Style

Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. "Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5 (2015), 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen. "Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5.4 (2015), 173-175 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


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Gul Karagoz, Ayten Kadanali, Behiye Dede, Senol Comoglu, Nur Betul Unal Ozdemir, Mehmet Resid Onen (2015) Brucellosis with cervical vertebrae and pulmonary involvement: A rare case. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5 (4), 173-175 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.04.0200


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