Lim Kil-Byung, Kwak Yee-Gyung, Kim Dug-Young, Kim Young-Sup, Kim Jeong-A
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsanpaik Hospital, Goyang 411-706, Korea.
Ann Rehabil Med. 2012 Apr;36(2):282-6. doi: 10.5535/arm.2012.36.2.282. Epub 2012 Apr 30.
Brucellosis is a systemic, infectious disease caused by the bacterial genus Brucella and a common zoonosis that still remains a major health problem in certain parts of the world such as the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and Latin America. It may involve multiple organs and tissues. Osteoarticular involvement is the most frequent complication of brucellosis, in which the diagnosis of brucellar spondylitis is often difficult since the clinical presentation may be obscured by many other conditions. There are only a few reports on brucellar spondylitis in Korea. Here, we report a case of spondylitis due to brucella in an elderly male.
布鲁氏菌病是一种由布鲁氏菌属细菌引起的全身性传染病，是一种常见的人畜共患病，在世界某些地区，如地中海地区、中东和拉丁美洲，仍然是一个主要的健康问题。它可能累及多个器官和组织。骨关节受累是布鲁氏菌病最常见的并发症，其中布鲁氏菌性脊柱炎的诊断往往很困难，因为其临床表现可能被许多其他病症掩盖。韩国关于布鲁氏菌性脊柱炎的报道很少。在此，我们报告一例老年男性布鲁氏菌引起的脊柱炎病例。
