Extensive meningoencephalitis, retrobulbar neuritis, and pulmonary involvement in a patient of neurobrucellosis

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-159

  Vinod, Prianka ^a   Singh, Maneesh ^a   Garg, Ravindra ^a   Agarwal, Atul ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Dmyelination; Optic neuritis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250330736     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.32790     Document Type: Article

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