Neurological syndromes of brucellosis.
Date
1998-08Author
Bahemuka, M
Shemena, AR
Panayiotopoulos, CP
al-Aska, AK
Obeid, T
Daif, AK
Type
ArticleLanguage
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Eleven patients with brucellosis presented with neurological features closely simulating transient ischaemic attacks, cerebral infarction, acute confusional state, motor neuron disease, progressive multisystem degeneration, polyradiculoneuropathy, neuralgic amyotrophy, sciatica and cauda equina syndrome. Most patients improved quickly after adequate antibiotic treatment but chronic cases responded poorly. These protean neurological manifestations of brucellosis indicate that the underlying pathological mechanisms are diverse
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http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/51/8/1017.shorthttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30749
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3145961
Citation
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1988;51:1017-1021 doi:10.1136/jnnp.51.8.1017Publisher
Univesity of Nairobi Department of Medicine
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