Discussion on treatment courses of brucellosis with spondylitis - a report of two cases
Zhi Yang,
Weigang Wu,
Pengcheng Ou,
Furong Zeng,
Dongyuan Xie,
Lin Yang,
Guilin Yang,
Boping Zhou
Affiliations
Zhi Yang
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Weigang Wu
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Pengcheng Ou
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Furong Zeng
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Dongyuan Xie
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Lin Yang
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Guilin Yang
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Boping Zhou
Corresponding author.; Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China
Human Brucellosis is a zoonotic contagious disease caused by Brucella infection and is common throughout the world, which can travel through the bloodstream to various organs. Brucellar spondylitis(BS) is the foremost cause of brucellosis‘s debilitating and disabling complications. We report two sisters with brucellosis complicated by lumbar spondylodiscitis accompanied by cold abscess formation. The diagnosis was based on their symptoms, epidemiological characteristics, laboratory and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) results. Our therapeutic strategy in these two cases indicate that drug combination and prolongation of the use of antibiotics is a therapeutic strategy worthy of popularizing to reach a greater clearance rate of the infection.
