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| Year : 2007 | Volume
: 55
| Issue : 2 | Page : 157--159 |
Extensive meningoencephalitis, retrobulbar neuritis, and pulmonary involvement in a patient of neurobrucellosis
Prianka Vinod, Maneesh Kumar Singh, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Atul Agarwal
Department of Neurology, King George Medical University, Lucknow - 226 003, India
Correspondence Address:
Ravindra Kumar Garg
Department of Neurology, King George Medical University, Lucknow - 226 003
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.32790
We report an unusual case of neurobrucellosis who presented with headache, vision loss, confusional state, retrobulbar neuritis, and left hemiparesis. Neuroimaging studies showed features of ischemic infarct and white matter abnormalities. Pulmonary involvement in form of lobar pneumonia of left basal lobe was another unusual manifestation. Diagnosis was based on the rising titers of antibrucella antibody. Patient showed remarkable improvement on triple drug therapy in form of doxycycline, rifampicin and streptomycin.
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