Neuro-brucellosis in children

MS Bessisso, MF Elsaid, SSE Elshazli… - Neurosciences …, 2001 - nsj.org.sa
Brucellosis is an infection caused by gram negative cocobacilli (Brucellae). Presentation is
usually non-specific and diagnosis depends on high index of suspicion. Nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] An uncommon case of pediatric neurobrucellosis associated with intracranial hypertension

X Sinopidis, J Kaleyias, K Mitropoulou… - Case reports in …, 2012 - hindawi.com
We present the case of a 4-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with intracranial
hypertension, headache, diplopia, papilledema, and a normal brain MRI. Brucella melitensis …

Paediatric neurobrucellosis: case report and literature review

YKR Habeeb, AKN Al-Najdi, SAH Sadek, E Al-Onaizi - Journal of infection, 1998 - Elsevier
Neurological complications are rare in childhood brucellosis: there are only 33 reported
cases. In children, neurobrucellosis is usually of acute presentation involving the central …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric neurobrucellosis associated with hydrocephalus

M Altas, O Evirgen, V Arica… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Brucellosis is an infectious disease, frequently encountered in developing countries. It may
involve multiple organ systems of the human body. However, neurobrucellosis is a rare …

Clinical and therapeutic features of childhood neurobrucellosis

YA Al-Eissa - Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Brucellosis is a multisystem disease with diverse clinical presentations, and involvement of
the nervous system is considered to be rare in childhood. Five children with meningitis (n …

Acute meningoencephalitis due to Brucella: case report and review of neurobrucellosis in children

O Türel, K Sanli, N Hatipoğlu, Ç Aydoğmuş… - The Turkish Journal …, 2010 - turkjpediatr.org
The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in brucellosis is rare and has a broad
range of presentations. Subacute and chronic meningoencephalitis are described as the …

Neurobrucellosis.

PG Samdani, S Patil - Indian pediatrics, 2003 - europepmc.org
A six years old female had high-grade fever and two episodes of focal convulsions. Systemic
examination was normal. Widal test was repeatedly positive. MRI-brain showed bilateral …

[HTML][HTML] Neurobrucellosis in children, a report of 2 cases

MS Al Ayed - International Journal of Health Sciences, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To report on two cases of neurobrucellosis with different presentations. Method:
Retrospective report of the data on 2 cases of neurobrucellosis: the first case presented with …

Neurobrucellosis in children.

MM Lubani, KI Dudin, GF Araj… - The Pediatric …, 1989 - europepmc.org
Reports on nervous system involvement in brucellosis are rare in children. We report nine
children with neurobrucellosis. The clinical presentation included meningitis in six patients …

Severe neurobrucellosis in a young infant

M Calik, A Iscan, M Gul, T Derme, H Cece… - Clinical neurology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Discussion The principal clinical presentation of neurobrucellosis in children is displayed as
acute meningitis or meningoencephalitis [1],[2]. Usually, because Brucellar meningitis may …