Neurobrucellosis

CN Soares, MTT da Silva, MA Lima - Current opinion in infectious …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Neurobrucellosis can be insidious, and despite its global distribution, it is still unrecognized
and frequently goes unreported. The understanding of the current epidemiology is …

Neurobrucellosis: the great mimicker

CN Soares, AIM Angelim, CO Brandão… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Neurobrucellosis is caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and is responsible for several
clinical manifestations, making diagnosis challenging. The most common route of infection is …

The burden and epidemiology of community-acquired central nervous system infections: a multinational study

H Erdem, A Inan, E Guven, S Hargreaves… - European journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Risk assessment of central nervous system (CNS) infection patients is of key importance in
predicting likely pathogens. However, data are lacking on the epidemiology globally. We …

Comparison of brucellar and tuberculous spondylodiscitis patients: results of the multicenter “Backbone-1 Study”

H Erdem, N Elaldi, A Batirel, S Aliyu, G Sengoz… - The Spine Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context No direct comparison between brucellar spondylodiscitis
(BSD) and tuberculous spondylodiscitis (TSD) exists in the literature. Purpose This study …

Laboratory and clinical predictors of focal involvement and bacteremia in brucellosis

B Copur, U Sayili - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Early diagnosis of organ involvement and bacteremia in brucellosis increases treatment
success and may prevent poor clinical outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the …

Cranial imaging findings in neurobrucellosis: results of Istanbul-3 study

H Erdem, S Senbayrak, K Meriç, A Batirel… - Infection, 2016 - Springer
Objective Neuroimaging abnormalities in central nervous system (CNS) brucellosis are not
well documented. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of imaging …

Neurobrucellosis

NA Zheng, W Wang, JT Zhang, Y Cao… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Neurobrucellosis (NB) is a rare complication of brucellosis. NB presents with
avariety of clinical manifestations, and the symptoms are always atypical. Our aim was to …

Liver involvement in patients with brucellosis: results of the Marmara study

D Ozturk-Engin, H Erdem, S Gencer, S Kaya… - European journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that primarily affects the reticuloendothelial system. But, the
extent of liver damage in due course of the disease is unclear. This study included 325 …

Respiratory system involvement in brucellosis: the results of the Kardelen study

H Erdem, A Inan, N Elaldi, R Tekin, S Gulsun… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Pulmonary involvement is a rare complication of brucellosis. We describe the
largest series to date, to our knowledge, of patients with pulmonary brucellosis. Methods …

Diagnostic testing in central nervous system infection

S Kanjilal, TA Cho, A Piantadosi - Seminars in neurology, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Patients with central nervous system (CNS) infection experience very high levels of
morbidity and mortality, in part because of the many challenges inherent to the diagnosis of …