A Case of Cerebral Granuloma and Optic Papillitis due to Brucella sp.

We document a case of a 24-year-old woman who presented with cerebral granuloma and optic papillitis associated to Brucella sp. infection, whose diagnosis was made with a brain biopsy and serology tests, with clinical improvement following specific antibiotic therapy. The patient was followed up for...

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Autores principales: Chiappe-Gonzalez, A., Solano-Loza, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7383343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32733718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5216249
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description We document a case of a 24-year-old woman who presented with cerebral granuloma and optic papillitis associated to Brucella sp. infection, whose diagnosis was made with a brain biopsy and serology tests, with clinical improvement following specific antibiotic therapy. The patient was followed up for over a year without evidence of relapse.
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spelling pubmed-73833432020-07-29 A Case of Cerebral Granuloma and Optic Papillitis due to Brucella sp. Chiappe-Gonzalez, A. Solano-Loza, A Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We document a case of a 24-year-old woman who presented with cerebral granuloma and optic papillitis associated to Brucella sp. infection, whose diagnosis was made with a brain biopsy and serology tests, with clinical improvement following specific antibiotic therapy. The patient was followed up for over a year without evidence of relapse. Hindawi 2020-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7383343/ /pubmed/32733718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5216249 Text en Copyright © 2020 A. Chiappe-Gonzalez and A Solano-Loza. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.
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A Case of Cerebral Granuloma and Optic Papillitis due to Brucella sp.
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title_full A Case of Cerebral Granuloma and Optic Papillitis due to Brucella sp.
title_fullStr A Case of Cerebral Granuloma and Optic Papillitis due to Brucella sp.
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title_short A Case of Cerebral Granuloma and Optic Papillitis due to Brucella sp.
title_sort case of cerebral granuloma and optic papillitis due to brucella sp.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7383343/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5216249
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