Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review

Cervical spine epidural abscess caused by brucellosis: A case report and literature review

Abstract We report a rare case of epidural abscess at the cervical 5‐cervical 6 (C5–C6) levels. The patient underwent surgery with complete abscess removal through C6 vertebral body corpectomy. The result of bacteriological culture was Brucella melitensis. Brucellosis must be considered as a possibl...

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Main Authors: Misagh Shafizad, Saeid Ehteshami, Hamidreza Shojaei, Reza Jalili Khoshnoud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-03-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
brucellosis
corpectomy
epidural abscess
spine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5644

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