title: Neurobrucellosis: an often forgotten cause of chronic meningitis.
abstract: We report a 26-year-old man of neurobrucellosis who presented with intermittent fever and headache for 2 years, sensori-neural hearing loss with cerebellar ataxia. He responded well to a combination of antimicrobials with significant clinical improvement.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India sanjay_mahajan64@rediff.com.
authors.forename: Sanjay K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
authors.forename: Arindam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
authors.forename: Madan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaushik
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raina
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.).
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Banyal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
keywords: Asia; Bacterial infection; meningitis