An intramedullary dermoid cyst abscess due to Brucella abortus biotype 3 at T11-L2 spinal levels.
A 17-year-old boy was admitted to hospital with a history of backache, weakness of the lower extremities and fever. While the diagnosis of brucellosis was made his clinical course worsened. Acute medulla spinalis mass effect and signs of meningitis predominated. It was shown that he had a dermoid cyst infected with Brucella abortus biotype 3 which was the same strain growing in his blood cultures.
Dept of Infectious Diseases, University of Ankara, Faculty of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, Turkey.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D002003:Brucella abortus; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae