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[Spondylodiscitis cause by Brucella suis].

Authors :
Kant GD
van Lijf JH
Karthaus RP
Source :
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 1994 Dec 24; Vol. 138 (52), pp. 2584-7.
Publication Year :
1994

Abstract

In a 72-year-old Dutchman Brucellae suis spondylodiscitis TXII-LI was diagnosed, complicated by a paraspinal abscess, for which surgical drainage was carried out. The patient failed to recover after the combined antibiotic regimen of doxycycline, rifampicin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. There was good clinical improvement after a course of doxycycline and streptomycin, however. After a symptom-free period of 9 weeks a relapse occurred. The patient refused treatment and died 6 weeks later at home. The infection had probably been contracted after handling wild boar carcasses from eastern Europe.

Details

Language :
Dutch; Flemish
ISSN :
0028-2162
Volume :
138
Issue :
52
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
7808527