conclusion there are significant differences between vo by different microorganisms that help physician to start empirical medical treatment while waiting to definite diagnosis by blood culture, culture from paravertebral abscess, serology and bone biopsy. spinal osteomyelitis is an uncommon cause of back pain but it has potential to compromise nervous system and even death may occur if it is n...

Introduction: Although Brucellosis has a limited geographic distribution; it remains a challenge in certain parts of the world such as in Mediterranean, western Asian, Latin American and African regions. We present a unique case of periacetabular Brucella osteomyelitis and increase awareness of possible widespread distrubition of Brucella osteomyelitis and its ability to affect any region of th...

Vertebral infections are a group of diseases such as spondylitis, discitis, vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess due to various microorganisms. Vertebral osteomyelitis comprises 2-7% of all pyogenic osteomyelitis and manifests a serious disease with an incidence rate varying between 1/100 000 to 1/250 000. The most common pathogens in vertebral osteomyelitis are S. aureus and coagulase ...

background brucellosis is a systemic bacterial disease transmitted from animals to humans and involves many organs and tissues. symptoms of brucellosis are protean and can be similar to many other infectious diseases. none of the symptoms are specific enough to support the clinical diagnosis. the musculoskeletal system is one of the most commonly affected organs. disease can be present with bur...

Brucellosis is typically a systemic febrile illness and has been well documented since first described in 1861 (Marston 1863). Bone and joint brucella infection is rare; the first case was recorded in 1932 by Kulowski and Vinke. Since then sporadic reports have appeared, these implicating Brucella melitensis more commonly than Brucella abortus. Infection may present as osteomyelitis or arthriti...

conclusions physicians should consider brucellosis in all patients with low back pain in the brucella endemic regions, and in those with spondylitis or culture-negative ie in the brucella endemic regions. case presentation the current case was a 70-year-old female presented with fever and low back pain. the spinal magnetic resonance imaging (mri) was performed and signal changing in t9, t10 wit...

A 49-year-old farmer had a history of recurrent knee effusion for 20 years. He did not report undergoing any diagnostic or therapeutic procedures apart from repeated aspirations of the joint fluid. After the isolation of Brucella melitensis from the joint fluid, computed tomography-guided bone biopsy was performed and histopathologic examination of the biopsy sample confirmed the diagnosis of c...

Ochrobactrum anthropi is a Gram-negative bacillus widely distributed in nature. It is a low virulence and low pathogenic microorganism and human infection by this agent is considered rare. This microorganism can cause bacteremia and in some cases can lead to osteomyelitis and endocarditis. Included in Brucellaceae family, this bacterium is phenotypically and genetically closely related to the B...