Clinical and Laboratory Findings of Nonacute Neurobrucellosis
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Different manifestations of nervous system involvement by neurobrucellosis.
OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical categories, laboratory, radiological findings, and treatment outcomes of patients with neurobrucellosis. METHODS This retrospective study was designed at the Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey between 2003 and 2006. In this period, 300 patients with brucellosis were diagnose...
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