Back pain secondary to Brucella spondylitis in the lumbar region.
Brucellosis is a systemic, infectious disease caused by the bacterial genus Brucella and a common zoonosis that still remains a major health problem in certain parts of the world such as the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and Latin America. It may involve multiple organs and tissues. Osteoarticular involvement is the most frequent complication of brucellosis, in which the diagnosis of brucellar spondylitis is often difficult since the clinical presentation may be obscured by many other conditions. There are only a few reports on brucellar spondylitis in Korea. Here, we report a case of spondylitis due to brucella in an elderly male.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsanpaik Hospital, Goyang 411-706, Korea.
Kil-Byung
KB
Lim
Yee-Gyung
YG
Kwak
Dug-Young
DY
Kim
Young-Sup
YS
Kim
Jeong-A
JA
Kim