Neurobrucellosis mimicking cerebral tumor: case report and literature review

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-406

  Miguel, Pilar San ^a   Fernández, Gabriel ^a   Vasallo, Francisco J ^b   Hortas, Mario ^a   Lorenzo, José Ramón ^a   Rodríguez, Irene ^a   Ortiz Rey, José Antonio ^a   Antón, Iosu ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO POVISA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cranial computed tomography; Granulomatous encephalitis; Magnetic resonance; Neurobrucellosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; BRUCELLA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROBRUCELLOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646084842     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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