title: Neurobrucellosis in children: Case series from Turkey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and complications. Neurobrucellosis is an uncommon and serious complication of pediatric brucellosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe seven cases of neurobrucellosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ataxia (one patient), diplopia (one patient) and hearing loss (one patient) were among the neurological signs and symptoms. The most common diagnoses were acute meningitis and meningoencephalitis. Five of the patients fully recovered, one was lost to follow up and the other had hearing loss as a sequela.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neurobrucellosis should be kept in mind in patients with any neurological or neuropsychiatric diseases who live in endemic areas of brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Türkan Aydın
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Teke
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyuncu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma Nur
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozge
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülsüm Iclal
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Bayhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gönül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanır
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: brucellosis; children; neurobrucellosis