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Pediatric neurobrucellosis associated with hydrocephalus

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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Altas, Murat, Evirgen, Omer, Arica, Vefik, Tutanc, Murat
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21559164
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.76115
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Sumario: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.