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rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2000-2-24
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pubmed:abstractText |
Thirty-five patients aged 14-74 years (average, 54 years) who had brucellar spondylitis were treated between January 1991 and December 1997. The time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis of spondylitis ranged from 1 week to 8 months (median, 9 weeks). Back or neck pain (100% of patients), fever (66%), and constitutional symptoms (57%) were the most common symptoms. Cultures of blood specimens from 26 patients (74%) were positive for Brucella melitensis. The duration of antimicrobial therapy (median, 120 days; range, 45-535 days) varied according to clinical response and the presence of epidural and paravertebral masses. One of the 35 patients underwent surgical treatment of a spinal epidural abscess. Therapy failed for 9 patients (26%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 12%-43%), and 5 (14%; 95% CI, 5%-30%) had a relapse. There were no deaths or severe sequelae in this study. Brucellar spondylitis causes considerable suffering and absenteeism from work, but long-term clinical responses are favorable.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
1058-4838
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
29
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1440-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Aminoglycosides,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Brucella melitensis,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Brucellosis,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Doxycycline,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Drug Therapy, Combination,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Gentamicins,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Spondylitis,
pubmed-meshheading:10585793-Streptomycin
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pubmed:year |
1999
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Brucellar spondylitis: review of 35 cases and literature survey.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General de Albacete, 02006 Albacete, Spain. jsolera@chospab.es.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Review,
Case Reports
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