[Brucellosis with nervous system involvement].
Cases of brucellosis with involvement of the nervous system which was diagnosed in the Miguel Servet Hospital during the period 1985-1987 are retrospectively studied. The total quantity of affected patients of brucellosis was 132. Of this quantity, 9 patients (6.8%) had neurological complications under the following clinical forms: epidural abscess (2), meningoencephalitis (1), meningitis (2), encephalitis (1), myelitis (1) and polyradiculitis (2). The most important epidemiological and clinical characteristics are analysed, pointing out the diagnostic difficulties we found when the neurological manifestations are predominant in the brucella infection.
Povar
J
J
Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
Aguirre
J M
JM
Arazo
P
P
Franco
J M
JM
Alvarez
G
G
Ara
J R
JR
Lomba
E
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Brucelosis con afectación del sistema nervioso.