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ArticleIDCases2023

Discussion on treatment courses of brucellosis with spondylitis - a report of two cases.

Zhi Yang, Weigang Wu, Pengcheng Ou, Furong Zeng, Dongyuan Xie, Lin Yang, Guilin Yang, Boping Zhou

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Article in IDCases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhi YangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Weigang WuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Pengcheng OuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Furong ZengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Dongyuan XieDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Lin YangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Guilin YangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Boping ZhouDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Clinical Medical College of Jinan University,Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
Jinan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human Brucellosis is a zoonotic contagious disease caused by Brucella infection and is common throughout the world, which can travel through the bloodstream to various organs. Brucellar spondylitis(BS) is the foremost cause of brucellosis's debilitating and disabling complications. We report two sisters with brucellosis complicated by lumbar spondylodiscitis accompanied by cold abscess formation. The diagnosis was based on their symptoms, epidemiological characteristics, laboratory and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) results. Our therapeutic strategy in these two cases indicate that drug combination and prolongation of the use of antibiotics is a therapeutic strategy worthy of popularizing to reach a greater clearance rate of the infection.

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Antibiotic therapyImaging changesMagnetic resonance images(MRI)Spinal brucellosisTreatment courses

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PMID36505908
PMCPMC9732392
OpenAlexW4311287922

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