SPINAL AND TESTICULAR SOFT TISSUE INVOLVEMENT CAUSED BY BRUCELLOSIS: A CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 2010, Vol 21, Issue 1
Abstract
Brucellosis is a systemic infection, caused by facultative intra-cellular bacteria of the genus Brucella, that can involve many organs and tissues. We present a 42-year old man with spinal and testicular soft tissue involvement caused by brucellosis. Complete recovery was achieved after 12 weeks triple antibiotic treatment.
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Güle ÇINAR, Ebru US, Aysun YALÇI, Osman MEMİKOĞLU, Halil KURT
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