Systemic brucellosis with chronic meningitis: A case report.
A young adult presenting with 11 months history of fever, headache, vomiting was found to have CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis with increased protein. His serum tested strongly positive for Brucella (standard tube agglutination titre 1: 320) whereas CSF was weakly positive. He became asymptomatic on treatment with tetracycline, rifampicin and streptomycin with significant CSF response. This case is reported because of its rarity.
Ghosh
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Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, U.T., 160012, India.
Gupta
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Prabhakar
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D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*