Clinical Findings, Therapeutic Approach, and Outcome of Brucellar Vertebral Osteomyelitis
Author(s) -
Juan Colmenero,
Juan Diego Ruíz-Mesa,
Antonio Pláta Ciézar,
Patricia Bermúdez,
P. Martín-Rico,
María Isabel QueipoOrtuño,
J.M. Reguera
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/525266
Subject(s) - medicine , brucellosis , vertebral osteomyelitis , confusion , osteomyelitis , complication , surgery , immunology , psychology , psychoanalysis
Osteoarticular complications are the most common focal complications of brucellosis. Although vertebral osteomyelitis is the most frequent location in adults >30 years of age, little information is available about this serious complication of brucellosis, and great confusion surrounds its prognosis and the most appropriate treatment.
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