Chronic Brucella infection of the humerus diagnosed after a spontaneous fracture

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• 作者：Mathieu Luc ; Thomas Armingeat ; Thao Pham ; Virginie Legré ; Pierre Lafforgue
• 关键词：Chronic osteomyelitis ; Brucellosis ; Humerus
• 刊名：Joint Bone Spine
• 出版年：2008
• 期刊代码：138_1297319x
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：March 2008
• 卷：75
• 期：2
• 页码：229-231
• 文件大小：428 K

摘要

Brucellosis is uncommon in humans and only rarely manifests as osteomyelitis. We report the case of a 57-year-old patient with chronic Brucella osteomyelitis of both humeri. The diagnosis was established upon evaluation of a spontaneous fracture of the right humerus. The organism was recovered in fluid draining to the skin from an abscess located in the bone and soft tissues.