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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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2012
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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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author | Sinopidis, Xenophon Kaleyias, Joseph Mitropoulou, Konstantina Triga, Maria Kothare, Sanjeev V. Mantagos, Stefanos |
author_facet | Sinopidis, Xenophon Kaleyias, Joseph Mitropoulou, Konstantina Triga, Maria Kothare, Sanjeev V. Mantagos, Stefanos |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-34140022012-08-16 An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with Intracranial Hypertension Sinopidis, Xenophon Kaleyias, Joseph Mitropoulou, Konstantina Triga, Maria Kothare, Sanjeev V. Mantagos, Stefanos Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3414002/ /pubmed/22900217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/492467 Text en Copyright © 2012 Xenophon Sinopidis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sinopidis, Xenophon Kaleyias, Joseph Mitropoulou, Konstantina Triga, Maria Kothare, Sanjeev V. Mantagos, Stefanos An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with Intracranial Hypertension |
title | An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with
Intracranial Hypertension |
title_full | An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with
Intracranial Hypertension |
title_fullStr | An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with
Intracranial Hypertension |
title_full_unstemmed | An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with
Intracranial Hypertension |
title_short | An Uncommon Case of Pediatric Neurobrucellosis Associated with
Intracranial Hypertension |
title_sort | uncommon case of pediatric neurobrucellosis associated with
intracranial hypertension |
topic | Case Report |
url | 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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