A Rare Case of Brucella Spondylodiscitis Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation

Ergenekon KARAGOZ; Asim ULCAY; Hakan SİMSEK; Vedat TURHAN; Hakan ERDEM; Ali ACAR; Oral ONCUL; Levent GORENEK

Makale detayları

A Rare Case of Brucella Spondylodiscitis Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation

Yazarlar:

Ergenekon KARAGOZ | Asim ULCAY | Hakan SİMSEK | Vedat TURHAN | Hakan ERDEM | Ali ACAR | Oral ONCUL | Levent GORENEK

Yayıncı:

Inonu University

Dergi:

Medicine Science 2016 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.271-274

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2016

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000827840

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2147-0634

pISSN:

2147-0634

Özet:

 

A 77-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of low back pain radiating
 to the right leg for one month. In her history, her abrupt back pain was started in July 2011
 and she had been hospitalized in neurosurgery department and after the magnetic resonance
 imaging (MRI) of the lumbar region, a lumbar disc herniation (LDH) at the L4-L5 level was
 observed. Serological tests were also performed and showed high levels of Brucella antigen
 (1/640). The patient was diagnosed as having Brucella infection and therapy consisting of
 doxycycline and streptomycin was commenced. After 14 days of this combination therapy,
 streptomycin was altered with rifampicin. Doxycycline and rifampicin were administered for
 3 months. At the end of that therapy the patient was free of pain and his physical and
 neurological examination was found to be normal. In conclusion, brucellar discitis and
 spondylitis should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of long standing back pain
 in suspected cases particularly in regions where brucellosis is endemic.

Makale detayları

A Rare Case of Brucella Spondylodiscitis Mimicking Lumbar Disc Herniation

Yazarlar: Ergenekon KARAGOZ | Asim ULCAY | Hakan SİMSEK | Vedat TURHAN | Hakan ERDEM | Ali ACAR | Oral ONCUL | Levent GORENEK

Yayıncı: Inonu University

Dergi: Medicine Science 2016 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.271-274

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2016

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000827840

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2147-0634

pISSN: 2147-0634

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ergenekon KARAGOZ | Asim ULCAY | Hakan SİMSEK | Vedat TURHAN | Hakan ERDEM | Ali ACAR | Oral ONCUL | Levent GORENEK

Yayıncı:

Inonu University

Dergi:

Medicine Science 2016 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.271-274

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2016

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000827840

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2147-0634

pISSN:

2147-0634