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NEUROLOGY 1989;39:498
© 1989 American Academy of Neurology

Neurobrucellosis

Clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and outcome

Saleh M. Al Deeb, MD, Basim A. Yaqub, MRCP(UK), Hassan S. Sharif, MD, FRCR and Jayent G. Phadke, MD, MRCP(UK)

Department of Neurology, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Drs. Al Deeb and Phadke)
Department of Radiology, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Dr. Sharif)
Neurology Unit, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Dr. Yaqub).

We report 13 patients with neurobrucellosis categorized into five groups: acute meningoencephalitis, papilledema and increased intracranial pressure, meningovascular, CNS demyelinization, and peripheral neuropathy. We treated the patients successfully, without relapse, with two or more antimicrobials: rifampicin, co-trimoxazole, and doxycycline.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Al Deeb (N653), Consultant Neurologist, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia.

Presented in part at the fortieth annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Cincinnati, OH, April 1988.

Received May 31, 1988. Accepted for publication in final form October 21, 1988.




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