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The Neurological Complications of Brucellosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A. Larbrisseau ,
E. Maravi ,
F. Aguilera  and
J.M. Martinez-Lage
A. Larbrisseau*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Clinic and University of Navarre, Faculty of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain
E. Maravi
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Clinic and University of Navarre, Faculty of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain
F. Aguilera
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Clinic and University of Navarre, Faculty of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain
J.M. Martinez-Lage
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Clinic and University of Navarre, Faculty of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain
*
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, 3175, Ste-Catherine Road, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1C5.
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Neurological complications of brucellosis have seldom been reported. Typical cases of meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and peripheral nerve involvement due to brucellosis, which have been collected over the past ten years, are described. Only four cases of extradural brucellar abcesses have been published previously. We now add four new observations. A CSF electrophoresis was done in the cases of meningoencephalitis and meningomyelitis and showed a marked increased of gamma globulin. This has never been reported previously.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1978 , pp. 369 - 376
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1978

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