title: Case report: Brucella induced Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: Neurobrucellosis is relatively uncommon. In a prospective study of 530 patients with brucellosis, neurologic involvement was reported in only 1.7% of the patients. Unlike Campylobacter jejuni, the commonest infection implicated in Guillain-Barré syndrome, there are very few reports in the literature of Guillain-Barré syndrome in association with brucellosis. Out of 1,028 cases of brucellosis, polyneuritis was reported in only 2 out of 58 patients with neurological involvement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia fatehielzein@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Fatehi Elnour
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Elzein
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mursi
mesh_terms: D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged