| Yazarlar (6) |
Mehtap Erdem
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Mustafa Namiduru
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Ilkay Karaoglan
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Vuslat Bosnak Kecik
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Prof. Dr. Abdullah AYDIN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Mustafa Tanriverdi
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| Özet |
| Among the diverse presentations of neurobrucellosis, solitary intracranial mass lesions are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, we describe here the second case of neurobrucellosis mimicking a cerebral tumor caused by Brucella melitensis. The mass lesion was clinically and radiologically indistinguishable from a brain tumor. The diagnosis was established by isolating Brucella melitensis in a blood culture and a positive Wright's agglutination test on the cerebrospinal fluid at 1:320 titers. Paraffin sections of the cerebral mass showed nongranulomatous encephalitis. We suggest that patients with an isolated intraparenchymal mass lesion with nongranulomatous encephalitis should also be studied for brucellosis in endemic areas. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Neurobrucellosis | Nongranulomatous encephalitis and cerebral mass |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | ESCI dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY |
| Dergi ISSN | 1341-321X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 10-2012 |
| Cilt No | 18 |
| Sayı | 5 |
| Sayfalar | 767 / 770 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1007/s10156-011-0365-4 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| WoS | 12 |
