Unusual presentation of neurobrucellosis: a solitary intracranial mass lesion mimicking a cerebral tumor A case of encephalitis caused by Brucella melitensis
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Mehtap Erdem
Gaziantep University, Türkiye
Mustafa Namiduru
Gaziantep University, Türkiye
Ilkay Karaoglan
Gaziantep University, Türkiye
Vuslat Bosnak Kecik
Gaziantep University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Abdullah AYDIN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mustafa Tanriverdi
Sanliurfa Suruc State Hospital, Türkiye
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| Dergi Adı | JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1341-321X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 10-2012 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 18 / 5 / 767–770 | DOI | 10.1007/s10156-011-0365-4 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-011-0365-4 | ||
| 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. |
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| Neurobrucellosis | Nongranulomatous encephalitis and cerebral mass |
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