Case Report

SPINAL AND TESTICULAR SOFT TISSUE INVOLVEMENT CAUSED BY BRUCELLOSIS: A CASE REPORT

  • Güle ÇINAR
  • Ebru US
  • Aysun YALÇI
  • Osman MEMİKOĞLU
  • Halil KURT

J Turk Spinal Surg 2010;21(1):79-84

Brucellosis is a systemic infection, caused by facultative intra-cellular bacteria of the genus Brucella, that can involve many organs and tissues. We present a 42-year old man with spinal and testicular soft tissue involvement caused by brucellosis. Complete recovery was achieved after 12 weeks triple antibiotic treatment.

Keywords: Brucellosis, spinal brucellosis, testicular infection, treatment