Isolated intracranial hypertension: A rare presentation of neurobrucellosis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 861-863

  Özisik, Handan Isin ^a   Ersoy, Yasemin ^a   Refik Tevfik, Mehmet ^a   Kizkin, Sibel ^a   Özcan, Cemal ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BACTEC; Bilateral papilla stasis; Brucella; Diplopia; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; NEUROBRUCELLOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 3242688093     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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