Central Nervous System Brucellosis Granuloma and White Matter Disease in Immunocompromised Patient

Brucellosis is a multisystem zoonotic disease. We report an unusual case of neurobrucellosis with seizures in an immunocompromised patient in Saudi Arabia who underwent renal transplantation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed diffuse white matter lesions. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid w...

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Autores principales: Alqwaifly, Mohammed, Al-Ajlan, Fahad S., Al-Hindi, Hindi, Al Semari, Abdulaziz
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28518039
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161173
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author Alqwaifly, Mohammed
Al-Ajlan, Fahad S.
Al-Hindi, Hindi
Al Semari, Abdulaziz
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description Brucellosis is a multisystem zoonotic disease. We report an unusual case of neurobrucellosis with seizures in an immunocompromised patient in Saudi Arabia who underwent renal transplantation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed diffuse white matter lesions. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid were positive for Brucella sp. Granuloma was detected in a brain biopsy specimen.
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spelling pubmed-54434282017-06-02 Central Nervous System Brucellosis Granuloma and White Matter Disease in Immunocompromised Patient Alqwaifly, Mohammed Al-Ajlan, Fahad S. Al-Hindi, Hindi Al Semari, Abdulaziz Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Brucellosis is a multisystem zoonotic disease. We report an unusual case of neurobrucellosis with seizures in an immunocompromised patient in Saudi Arabia who underwent renal transplantation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed diffuse white matter lesions. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid were positive for Brucella sp. Granuloma was detected in a brain biopsy specimen. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5443428/ /pubmed/28518039 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161173 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_short Central Nervous System Brucellosis Granuloma and White Matter Disease in Immunocompromised Patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443428/
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