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 complication of brucellosis. The most frequent events of cranial involvement are meningitis and meningoencephalitis. In the present case, a 10-year-old girl was referred to our clinic with fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. The patient's blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures were found positive for brucellosis. Communicating hydrocephalus was also present in the cranial computed tomography as a complication of neurobrucellosis. The patient was successfully treated by external ventricular drainage and triple antibiotic therapy. There was no need to insert a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087995 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.76115 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Case report: diagnosis of neurobrucellosis in a non-endemic area child using metagenomic next-generation sequencing.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
December 2024
Second Department of Infectious Disease, Kunming Children's Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, 650000, China.
Brucellosis with neurological symptoms at onset is rare in children and is frequently misdiagnosed or overlooked due to nonspecific clinical presentations, particularly in non-endemic areas. We report a case of neurobrucellosis in a child from a non-pastoral area, diagnosed via metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS). The patient presented with headache and altered consciousness, accompanied by fever, projectile vomiting, seizures, and urinary incontinence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPediatric neurobrucellosis and atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome: an intriguing case unveiled.
J Med Life
August 2024
College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Brucellosis, a chronic zoonotic disease with a significant global burden, particularly in endemic areas, can also present as neurobrucellosis, a rare complication. We report a case of polyradiculoneuropathy in a pediatric patient resulting from this uncommon presentation. A 5-year-old girl presented with progressive asymmetric lower limb weakness for two weeks that progressed to a loss of ambulation in four weeks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase Report: Brucellosis Mimicking Tuberculous Meningitis in a Child.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
October 2024
Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey.
Neurobrucellosis is rare in children, presenting with a variety of clinical manifestations, including meningitis, meningoencephalitis, cranial neuropathies, and intracranial mass-like lesions. We present a case of a 17-year-old girl admitted to the hospital in Istanbul for headache. Lumbar puncture showed elevated intracranial pressure, monocytic pleocytosis, elevated total protein, and hypoglycorrhachia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurobrucellosis Presenting as Vocal Cord Paralysis in an Infant: Authors' Reply.
Indian J Pediatr
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics B, Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, 3029, Tunisia.
Neurobrucellosis Presenting as Vocal Cord Paralysis in an Infant: Correspondence.
Indian J Pediatr
December 2024
Pediatric Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India.
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!