An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with Intracranial Hypertension

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 in the cerebrospinal fluid was confirmed with PCR assay. We believe that neurobrucellosis should be included in the differ...

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Autores principales: Sinopidis, Xenophon, Kaleyias, Joseph, Mitropoulou, Konstantina, Triga, Maria, Kothare, Sanjeev V., Mantagos, Stefanos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/492467
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Sumario: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 in the cerebrospinal fluid was confirmed with PCR assay. We believe that neurobrucellosis should be included in the differential diagnosis when headaches persist following brucellosis. In addition, we suggest that when cerebrospinal fluid culture is negative, PCR may prove to be an optimal alternative tool for an immediate and accurate diagnosis.

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