AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightThis article presents the case of a 52-year-old male patient that suffered epiduraland paravertebral abscess due to Brucellosis, and received surgical and antimicrobial treatment, followed by a literature review.
📌 3 Key Takeaways
Abstract
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection, endemic in Turkey, which can involve many organs and systems. Brucellosis mainly involves the reticuloendothelial system and the skeletal-muscle system. Although skeletal-muscle system involvement is the most common complication of Brucellosis, paravertebral abscess associated with epidural abscess in patients with Brucellosis is rather uncommon. This article presents the case of a 52-year-old male patient that suffered epiduraland paravertebral abscess due to Brucellosis, and received surgical and antimicrobial treatment, followed by a literature review.
Özet
Bruselloz pek çok organ ve sistemi tutabilen Türkiye’de endemik olarak görülebilen zoonotik bir infeksiyondur. Brusellozun başlıca tutulum yaptığı sistemler retiküloendoteliyal sistem ve iskelet-kas sistemidir. İskelet- kas sistemi tutulumu brusellozun en yaygın komplikasyonu olmasına rağmen, brusellozlu hastalarda paravertebral apse ve epidural apse birlikteliği oldukça nadirdir. Bu yazıda, bruselloza bağlı olarak epidural ve paravertebral apse gelişen, cerrahi ve antimikrobiyal tedavi uygulanan 52 yaşında bir erkek hasta sunularak literatür gözden geçirilmiştir.