Clinical and laboratory findings in neurobrucellosis: Review of 31 cases

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Haji Abdolbagi, Mahboubeh ^a   Rasooli Nejad, Mehrnaz ^a   Jafari, Sirous ^a,b   Hasibi, Mehrdad ^a   Soudbakhsh, Abdolreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Encephalitis; Meningitis; Neurobrucellosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROBRUCELLOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049116031     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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