Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 26-2012. A 70-year-old woman with fever and back pain

N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 23;367(8):754-62. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1200087.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Back Pain / etiology*
  • Bacteremia / complications
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Brucella melitensis*
  • Brucellosis / complications
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Radiography
  • Spondylitis / complications
  • Spondylitis / diagnosis*
  • Spondylitis / microbiology