title: An extraordinary cause of vertebral fracture in pregnant woman: brucellosis.
abstract: Herein, we report the unique case of Brucella-related lumbar vertebral fracture in a first trimester pregnant woman. The unique effective treatment protocol for the infection is prolonged combined antibiotics and immobilization with follow-up, even in the presence of vertebral fracture related to spinal disease. With the accurate choice of anthiobitics (suitable, non-teratogenic and non-toxic for the fetus) therapeutic abortion is not indicated.
authors.affiliation: Obstetric and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey. fbcebesoy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fatma Bahar
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Cebesoy
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Balat
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mete
mesh_terms: D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult