Brucellar Spondylodiscitis In a Critically Ill Patient With Paraparesis

Brucellosis, is a systemic infection disease that is caused by Brucella bacteries. Bacteries cause infection by ingestion of unsterilized milk or meat of infected animals, close contact with their secretions, inhalation of infected aerosol or inoculation to conjunctivas (1, 2). A genus of Gram-negative bacteria, non-motile, non-encapsulated coccobacilli brucella bacteries causes symptoms 1-3 weeks after entering into the body (2). The disease generally begins with weakness, fever, sweating, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, pancitopenia, osteoarticular (back pain, arthiritis, arthralgia, myalgia) and rarely respiratory system (coughing, bronchopneumonia, pleural effusion) symptoms and sings (2-6).