title: Chronic, progressive back pain, fever and a noticeable paravertebral mass.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. villaverde77@gmail.com
authors.forename: Homarh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villaverde
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gotuzzo
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seas
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents