Neurobrucellosis - two clinical cases
Keywords:
neurobrucelosis, Brucella melitensis, meningoencephalitisAbstract
Brucellosis is endemic in Portugal what is still explained by the inefficient contrai of animal infection and contamination of dairy products. Brucella melitensis is the etiologic agent for the majority of the cases described in our country ant it is quite significant the number of cases we assist with acute meningoencephalitis.
The authors did a summarised revision on Brucellosis, including the clinicai criteria, focusing in particular on our procedures and methodology.
They made special reference to two clinical cases where it is quite relevant how difficult, still is, nowadays, to make a diagnosis of Brucellosis with acute neurological involvement.
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