title: Chronic Brucella infection of the humerus diagnosed after a spontaneous fracture.
abstract: Brucellosis is uncommon in humans and only rarely manifests as osteomyelitis. We report the case of a 57-year-old patient with chronic Brucella osteomyelitis of both humeri. The diagnosis was established upon evaluation of a spontaneous fracture of the right humerus. The organism was recovered in fluid draining to the skin from an abscess located in the bone and soft tissues.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, CHU La Conception, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luc
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Armingeat
authors.forename: Thao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Legré
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lafforgue
mesh_terms: D002002:Brucella / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*