title: A case of neurobrucellosis presenting with isolated intracranial hypertension.
abstract: Despite being a treatable and preventable zoonosis, brucellosis is still endemic in certain areas of the world. Nervous system involvement is a rare but an important complication of brucellosis in childhood. Neurobrucellosis should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of any kind of neurological signs, particularly in endemic areas. The authors present a patient with neurobrucellosis who presented with isolated intracranial hypertension without any other systemic symptoms of brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. sanem.yilmaz@ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sanem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serdaroglu
authors.forename: Sarenur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gokben
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tekgul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D020806:Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*