Brucellar spondylitis - Review of 25 cases

Yilmaz E., Parlak M., Akalin H., Heper Y., Ozakin C., Mistik R., ...More

JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.10, no.6, pp.300-307, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000147048.44396.90
  • Journal Name: JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.300-307
  • Keywords: brucellosis, brucellar spondylitis, SPINAL INFECTIONS, DIAGNOSIS, ARTHRITIS
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Brucellar spondylitis is one of the most serious complications of brucellosis. It should be considered in patients who have back pain and neurologic disorders as well as systemic symptoms and findings in or from endemic areas such as Turkey. This report describes important features of the disease.