Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella Abortus
Brucella fever also called as Bangs disease or Malta fever is a relatively uncommon Zoonotic illness which is on the rise in many parts of India. The disease often presents in humans with constitutional symptoms such as fever, malaise, weight loss or generalised body weakness, but is not limited to...
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| description | Brucella fever also called as Bangs disease or Malta fever is a relatively uncommon Zoonotic illness which is on the rise in many parts of India. The disease often presents in humans with constitutional symptoms such as fever, malaise, weight loss or generalised body weakness, but is not limited to this in all cases. The present case report involves a 47-year-old female who presented to the Orthopaedic Outpatient Department of a tertiary care centre with complaints of fever and low backache and was diagnosed as a case of Brucellar Spondylodiscitis after careful history taking revealing an exposure to cattle in her household. Brucellosis should also be considered as a differential diagnosis to Tuberculosis (TB) and thoroughly investigated through a detailed medical history and radiological imaging. Effective management can be achieved with a multidisciplinary team, including orthopaedic surgeons, infection specialists, radiologists and microbiologists, as was done in the present case to ensure a favourable outcome. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8c730269caee4c4f8b356bb36c91df6a2025-08-20T02:51:16ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2024-12-011812040610.7860/JCDR/2024/75811.20415Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella AbortusPankaj Sharma0Amit Kale1Raj Pawar2Archit Gupta3Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.Professor and Head, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.Junior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.Junior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.Brucella fever also called as Bangs disease or Malta fever is a relatively uncommon Zoonotic illness which is on the rise in many parts of India. The disease often presents in humans with constitutional symptoms such as fever, malaise, weight loss or generalised body weakness, but is not limited to this in all cases. The present case report involves a 47-year-old female who presented to the Orthopaedic Outpatient Department of a tertiary care centre with complaints of fever and low backache and was diagnosed as a case of Brucellar Spondylodiscitis after careful history taking revealing an exposure to cattle in her household. Brucellosis should also be considered as a differential diagnosis to Tuberculosis (TB) and thoroughly investigated through a detailed medical history and radiological imaging. Effective management can be achieved with a multidisciplinary team, including orthopaedic surgeons, infection specialists, radiologists and microbiologists, as was done in the present case to ensure a favourable outcome.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/20415/75811_CE[Ra1]_QC(RD)_F(IS)_PF1(RI_SHU)_redo_PFA_NC(IS)_PN(IS).pdfabscessantibiotic therapyinfectionspinezoonotic disease |
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| title | Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella Abortus |
| title_full | Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella Abortus |
| title_fullStr | Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella Abortus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella Abortus |
| title_short | Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Case of Infective Spondylodiscitis Caused by Brucella Abortus |
| title_sort | diagnosis and management of a rare case of infective spondylodiscitis caused by brucella abortus |
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