Summary
Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement during the course of Brucella infection is a rare clinical condition. In this article, a patient with a progressive paraparesis syndrome with spasticity, who was treated by medical methods and surgical intervention is analysed. This patient suffered from spinal cord compression in the thoracal region caused by a Brucella granuloma. The patient had no evidence of systemic Brucella infection.
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Die Brucella-Infektion führt nur selten zu einem Befall des Zentralnervensystems. Wir berichten über einen Patienten mit progressiver spastischer Paraparese, bei dem medikamentöse und chirurgische Maßnahmen erfolgten. Die Symptomatik beruhte auf einer Rückenmarkskompression im Thorakalbereich durch ein Brucella-Granulom. Es bestanden keinerlei Symptome einer systemischen Brucella-Infektion.
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Çeviker, N., Baykaner, K., Göksel, M. et al. Spinal cord compression due to brucella granuloma. Infection 17, 304–305 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01650713
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