Abstract
Brucellosis is an endemic disease in Portugal. There was an increase in incidence in 1994. Neurobrucellosis (NB), although only occurring in 5 to 10% of cases of cases of chronic infection, has heterogeneous forms of presentation which makes differential diagnosis difficult. By reviewing four years of in-patient clinical files in the neurology Ward of St. António dos Capuchos Hospital, the authors study the clinical features, complementary tests, therapy and evolution of differential diagnosis of eight patients with neurobrucellosis.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Brain Diseases / classification
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Brain Diseases / complications*
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Brain Diseases / diagnosis
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Brain Diseases / microbiology
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Brucellosis* / complications
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Brucellosis* / diagnosis
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Brucellosis* / epidemiology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Familial Mediterranean Fever* / complications
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Familial Mediterranean Fever* / diagnosis
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Familial Mediterranean Fever* / epidemiology
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Female
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Nervous System Diseases* / complications
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Nervous System Diseases* / diagnosis
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Nervous System Diseases* / epidemiology
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Nervous System Diseases* / microbiology
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
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Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / microbiology
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Portugal / epidemiology