Chronic Brucella infection of the humerus diagnosed after a spontaneous fracture

Joint Bone Spine. 2008 Mar;75(2):229-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.04.024. Epub 2007 Aug 31.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brucella / pathogenicity*
  • Brucellosis / complications*
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Humerus / microbiology*
  • Humerus / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteomyelitis / complications*
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*