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| Ceran,Nurgul; Turkoglu,Recai; Erdem,Ilknur; Inan,Asuman; Engin,Derya; Tireli,Hulya; Goktas,Pasa. |
| Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection and has endemic characteristics. Neurobrucellosis is an uncommon complication of this infection. The aim of this study was to present unusual clinical manifestations and to discuss the management and outcome of a series of 18 neurobrucellosis cases. Initial clinical manifestations consist of pseudotumor cerebri in one case, white matter lesions and demyelinating syndrome in three cases, intracranial granuloma in one case, transverse myelitis in two cases, sagittal sinus thrombosis in one case, spinal arachnoiditis in one case, intracranial vasculitis in one case, in addition to meningitis in all cases. Eleven patients were male and seven were female. The most prevalent symptoms were headache (83%) and fever (44%). All... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Neurobrucellosis; Serology; Diagnosis; Neuroimaging. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000100010 |
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