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Revue Maghrebine de Pediatrie [La]. 2007; 17 (3): 155-158
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RESUMEN
The brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by brucella. We reported a case of brucellosis in a 14 year old boy admitted for a trailing fever and slimming. The diagnosis was confirmed by two blood cultures and the serodiagnosis of Wright. He was treated by rifampicin and doxycyclin. Two weeks later, he developed a brucella arthritis [spondylodiscitis]. The evolution after six months of treatment was good. This arthritis must be searched earlier with the radiologic explorations