[Case report: psoas abscess due to brucellosis].
Skeletal system involvement is relatively a common complication of human brucellosis. However, muscular involvement is less frequent, and particularly psoas abscess is always secondary to spondylitis. In this case report, psoas abscess formation in a 70 years old female brucellosis patient complicated with spondylitis on vertebral corpus, has been presented.
Capar
Yusuf
Y
Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Infeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Bakteriyoloji Anabilim Dali, Ankara.
Cesur
Salih
S
Yüksel
Ozlem
O
Kurt
Halil
H
Sözen
Tuncay Hasip
TH
D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000150:complications*