The Evaluation of the Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Findings of 16 Cases of Brucellar Spondylitis

Joint Authors

Yang, Baohui
He, Xijing
Li, Haopeng
Hu, Hongbo
Chen, Jie

Source

BioMed Research International

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-09-08

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Objective.

To evaluate the clinical, laboratory, and radiological presentation of 16 cases of brucellar spondylitis.

Methods.

The clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging findings of 16 patients (aged from 24 to 66 years) with brucellar spondylitis treated between September 2012 and September 2014 at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, China) were retrospectively analyzed.

Results.

Clinical manifestations included high fever, severe pain, sweating, and fatigue.

One patient had epididymitis, and two showed clear signs of spinal nerve damage.

Laboratory tests showed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein content.

Serum brucella agglutination tests were positive, and 11 brucella blood cultures were positive.

Imaging manifestations mainly consisted of abnormal signals in the intervertebral space or abnormal signals in the adjacent vertebral bodies (16/16, 100%) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), disc space narrowing (14/16, 88%) in X-ray and MRI, or bone destruction and sclerosis around the damaged zone (13/16, 81%) in computed tomography, with rare cases of psoas abscess (2/16, 13%) and sequestrum (1/16, 6%).

Conclusion.

Since brucellar spondylitis exhibited characteristic clinical and imaging manifestations, it could be diagnosed with specific laboratory tests.

Early MRI examination of suspected cases could improve rapid diagnosis.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Yang, Baohui& Hu, Hongbo& Chen, Jie& He, Xijing& Li, Haopeng. 2016. The Evaluation of the Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Findings of 16 Cases of Brucellar Spondylitis. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099151

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Yang, Baohui…[et al.]. The Evaluation of the Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Findings of 16 Cases of Brucellar Spondylitis. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099151

American Medical Association (AMA)

Yang, Baohui& Hu, Hongbo& Chen, Jie& He, Xijing& Li, Haopeng. The Evaluation of the Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Findings of 16 Cases of Brucellar Spondylitis. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099151

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1099151