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Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis
Neurobrucellosis manifesting as optic neuritis is a rare disease in childhood. We report a case of neurobrucellosis in a 11 year old girl leading to visual impairment and headache. Physical examination revealed mild oedema of right tibiotarsic joint and optic neuritis. Investigations showed CSF pleo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772948 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e11 |
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author | Marques, Rita Martins, Cristina Machado, Inês Monteiro, José Paulo Campos, Nuno Calhau, Paulo |
author_facet | Marques, Rita Martins, Cristina Machado, Inês Monteiro, José Paulo Campos, Nuno Calhau, Paulo |
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description | Neurobrucellosis manifesting as optic neuritis is a rare disease in childhood. We report a case of neurobrucellosis in a 11 year old girl leading to visual impairment and headache. Physical examination revealed mild oedema of right tibiotarsic joint and optic neuritis. Investigations showed CSF pleocytosis and a Brucella serum agglutination titer of 1/640. Complete reversal of the symptoms was observed after appropriate antibiotic treatment. To our knowledge only four cases of neurobrucellosis manifesting with visual impairment in childhood are previously reported in literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-31334932011-07-19 Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis Marques, Rita Martins, Cristina Machado, Inês Monteiro, José Paulo Campos, Nuno Calhau, Paulo Pediatr Rep Case Report Neurobrucellosis manifesting as optic neuritis is a rare disease in childhood. We report a case of neurobrucellosis in a 11 year old girl leading to visual impairment and headache. Physical examination revealed mild oedema of right tibiotarsic joint and optic neuritis. Investigations showed CSF pleocytosis and a Brucella serum agglutination titer of 1/640. Complete reversal of the symptoms was observed after appropriate antibiotic treatment. To our knowledge only four cases of neurobrucellosis manifesting with visual impairment in childhood are previously reported in literature. PAGEPress Publications 2011-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3133493/ /pubmed/21772948 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e11 Text en ©Copyright R. Marques et al., 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy |
spellingShingle | Case Report Marques, Rita Martins, Cristina Machado, Inês Monteiro, José Paulo Campos, Nuno Calhau, Paulo Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
title | Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
title_full | Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
title_fullStr | Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
title_short | Unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
title_sort | unilateral optic neuritis as a presentation of neurobrucellosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772948 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e11 |
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