Fever after traumatic spinal cord injury: a case of Brucella sepsis.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24247018.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.06.005.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Fever during acute rehabilitation in patients with a spinal cord injury is a common problem. Infection, typically of the urinary or respiratory tract, is the most frequent cause of fever in these circumstances. We report a case of Brucella sepsis as a cause of fever in a patient with a spinal cord injury who was undergoing acute rehabilitation. We discuss the epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and evaluation of fever in persons with Brucella infection, as well as fever in patients with a spinal cord injury in the acute rehabilitation setting.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Brucellosis
- Fever
- Sepsis
- Spinal Cord Injuries