title: Neurological syndromes of brucellosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahemuka
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Shemena
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Panayiotopoulos
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: al-Aska
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obeid
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Daif
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013419:Sulfamethizole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013577:Syndrome; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D013419:Sulfamethizole; D014295:Trimethoprim; C029078:trimethoprim sulfamethizole; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides