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Spinal brucellosis: a review
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Spinal brucellosis: a review

Mouna Chelli Bouaziz, Mohamed Fethi Ladeb, Mohamed Chakroun and Skander Chaabane
Skeletal radiology, Vol.37(9), pp.785-790
01/09/2008
PMID: 17962938

Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Orthopedics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Science & Technology
Brucellosis is a zoonosis of worldwide distribution, relatively frequent in Mediterranean countries and in the Middle East. It is a systemic infection, caused by facultative intra-cellular bacteria of the genus Brucella, that can involve many organs and tissues. The spine is the most common site of musculoskeletal involvement, followed by the sacroiliac joints. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical, biological and imaging features of spinal brucellosis.

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