Neurobrucellosis: an often forgotten cause of chronic meningitis

Sanjay K Mahajan; Arindam Sharma; Madan Kaushik; Rajiv Raina; Sudhir Sharma; Vikas Banyal

doi:10.1177/0049475515592571

Neurobrucellosis: an often forgotten cause of chronic meningitis

Trop Doct. 2016 Jan;46(1):54-6. doi: 10.1177/0049475515592571. Epub 2015 Jul 8.

Authors

Sanjay K Mahajan¹, Arindam Sharma², Madan Kaushik³, Rajiv Raina⁴, Sudhir Sharma⁵, Vikas Banyal²

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India sanjay_mahajan64@rediff.com.
² Resident, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
³ Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
⁴ Professor, Department of Medicine, IG Medical College, Shimla, HP, India.
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.).

PMID: 26160851
DOI: 10.1177/0049475515592571

Abstract

We report a 26-year-old man of neurobrucellosis who presented with intermittent fever and headache for 2 years, sensori-neural hearing loss with cerebellar ataxia. He responded well to a combination of antimicrobials with significant clinical improvement.

Keywords: Asia; Bacterial infection; meningitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brucellosis / complications
Brucellosis / diagnosis*
Brucellosis / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Headache / etiology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / complications
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
Radiography