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An intramedullary dermoid cyst abscess due toBrucella abortus biotype 3 at T11-L2 spinal levels

Intramedullärer Abszess einer Dermoidzyste im Bereich Th11-L2 mit Infektion durchBrucella abortus Biotyp 3

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A 17-year-old boy was admitted to hospital with a history of backache, weakness of the lower extremities and fever. While the diagnosis of brucellosis was made his clinical course worsened. Acute medulla spinalis mass effect and signs of meningitis predominated. It was shown that he had a dermoid cyst infected withBrucella abortus biotype 3 which was the same strain growing in his blood cultures.

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Ein 17jähriger Junge wurde mit Rückenschmerzen, Schwäche der unteren Extremitäten und Fieber ins Krankenhaus eingewiesen. Der klinische Zustand verschlechterte sich, nachdem eine Brucellose diagnostiziert worden war. Eine akute Medulla-spinalis-Massen-Symptomatik mit Meningitis-Zeichen stand im Vordergrund. Als Ursache wurde eine mitBrucella abortus Biotyp 3 infizierte Dermoidzyste nachgewiesen. Derselbe Stamm vonB. abortus wurde auch in Blutkulturen nachgewiesen.

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  1. Dept. of Infectious Diseases, University of Ankara, Faculty of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    F. Çokça Ph. D. &  O. Meço

  2. Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Ankara, Faculty of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    E. Arasil &  A. Ünlü

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Çokça, F., Meço, O., Arasil, E. et al. An intramedullary dermoid cyst abscess due toBrucella abortus biotype 3 at T11-L2 spinal levels. Infection 22, 359–360 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01715549

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