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A Case Report of Meningitis Caused by Biovar 3.
Infect Drug Resist
December 2024
State International Joint Research Center for Animal Health Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, People's Republic of China.
Background: Brucellosis, a major endemic disease in northern China, is contracted by zoonosis of . We report a case of meningitis caused by biovar 3.
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old man was hospitalized at a local medical facility due to symptoms of fever, soreness, and weakness on April 16, 2021.
Pediatric 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 PDFSubacute Meningitis: A Rare Presentation of Brucellosis.
Cureus
September 2024
Internal Medicine, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, PRT.
A young male adult presented with a two-week-long history of myoarthralgia, vomiting, febrile sensation, holocranial headache with photophobia, neck stiffness, anorexia, and weight loss. He worked as a butcher in a local slaughterhouse, and two of his coworkers had recently been diagnosed with brucellosis. On his fourth visit to the Emergency Department (ED), fever was observed for the first time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeronegative brucella meningitis diagnosed by CSF PCR: report on seven cases.
BMC Infect Dis
October 2024
Ahya Neuroscience Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
Article Synopsis
- * In a study of seven NB cases, signs of increased intracranial pressure were prominent, including symptoms like blurred vision and nerve palsy, while MRI scans revealed various brain abnormalities.
- * All patients tested negative for Brucella in blood and CSF serology, but the diagnosis was confirmed using molecular techniques like PCR, highlighting the need for these advanced methods in suspected cases of NB.
Immune cell and biochemical marker levels in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood of patients with brucella meningitis and their clinical significance.
Am J Transl Res
September 2024
Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Urumqi 830001, Xinjiang, China.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the importance of immune cells and biochemical markers found in cerebrospinal fluid and blood for diagnosing Brucella meningitis in patients.
- Conducted on 90 patients divided into three groups, it analyzed clinical data and the levels of specific immune markers to determine their association with Brucella meningitis.
- Results showed that certain immune cells and biochemical markers like C-Glu and C-LDH could significantly help in diagnosing Brucella meningitis, with their combined use offering high predictive accuracy.
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