Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review

Autor: Misagh Shafizad, Saeid Ehteshami, Hamidreza Shojaei, Reza Jalili Khoshnoud
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Clinical Case Reports, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.5644
Popis: Abstract We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5‐cervical 6 (C5–C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy. The result of bacteriological culture was Brucella melitensis. Brucellosis must be considered as a possible cause of epidural abscess in patients from endemic area.
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