Abbasi, Farhad and Asadipooya, K and Dehghanian, A and Omrani, GH (2011) Short-course treatment in neurobrucellosis: A study in Iran. Neurol India, 1 (59). pp. 101-103.
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Abstract
Neurobrucellosis is a rare neurological complication of brucellosis. This report describes 19 patients of neurobrucellosis and they accounted for 8% of all cases of brucellosis admitted to Shiraz University Hospitals over a period of eight years. Headache, fever, fatigue, drowsiness and neck stiffness were the common clinical features. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed pleocytosis in 100%, elevated protein levels in 89% and low glucose level in 47% of the patients. All the patients improved with specific antibiotic treatment. Of the 19 patients, 10 (52.5%) patients received treatment for 8 to 28 weeks. Duration of antibiotic treatment was: 8-14 weeks in 8 (42%) patients; 24-28 weeks in 2 (10.5%) patients; 6 months in 7 (37%) patients; 12 months in 1 (5.3%) patient; and 18 months in 1 (5.3%) patient. Clinicians in endemic areas should consider the likelihood of neurobrucellosis in patients with unexplained neurological and psychiatric symptoms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WC Communicable Diseases |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicin > Department of Infectious Diseases |
| Depositing User: | سپیده مقدسی |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2018 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2018 08:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bpums.ac.ir/id/eprint/6525 |
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