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Human Brucellosis and Its Complications

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Neurobrucellosis

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Brucellosis has been an important zoonotic disease globally. Since Brucella can infect and survive without inducing a massive inflammatory response, this bacteria was labeled as “stealth pathogen.” Its protean and diverse clinical presentation can mimic other infectious and noninfectious diseases, posing challenges to physicians in reaching a diagnosis, and merited the label “disease of mistakes.” The complications of brucellosis are common and can involve a wide range of body organs and localization, neurobrucellosis being among the most serious ones. Awareness about the disease and the use of appropriate Brucella-specific tests can expedite the accurate diagnosis.

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Abbreviations

BCV:

Brucella-containing vacuoles

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

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    George F. Araj PhD, D(ABMM), FAAM

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey

    Mehmet Turgut

  2. Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Fuad Sami Haddad

  3. School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II School of Medicine and Surgery, Naples, Italy

    Oreste de Divitiis

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Araj, G.F. (2016). Human Brucellosis and Its Complications. In: Turgut, M., Haddad, F., de Divitiis, O. (eds) Neurobrucellosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24639-0_2

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