Cetacean neurobrucellosis is a common cause of strandings in Costa Rica diagnosed by serology, bacteriology, and histopathology. Pathological studies were performed on 18 dolphins. Twelve scanned postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) as complementary tool for describing osteoarticular alterations associated with Brucella ceti infections. The central nervous system (CNS) the skeleton five dolphi...

The involvement of the central peripheral nervous system (CNS) in brucellosis is rare. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an exceptional complication. Only three cases were reported in literature. We reported the case of 52 year old Tunisian women that had psychiatric disorders since 2 years without treatment. She had brucellosis diagnosis by positive standard agglutination test and she was tr...

We report a series of four cases presented with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) or ischemic stroke as the predominant manifestation of neurobrucellosis (NB). Three of the patients were 20-28 years of age, and one patient was 53 years old. They all used to consume unpasteurized milk or its products. Two patients had systemic brucellosis in the past and received antibiotic treatment. Other cause...

Brucellosis is an infection caused by gram negative cocobacilli (Brucellae). Presentation is usually non-specific and diagnosis depends on high index of suspicion. Nervous system involvement in children is rare as only 47 cases were reported until 1998. We are reporting two patients with neurobrucellosis. The first case was an 8-year-old boy who presented with papillodeoma, and neck stiffness o...

Neurobrucellosis and osteomyelitis are common pathologies of humans and cetaceans infected with Brucella ceti or B. pinnipedialis. Currently, 53 species of marine mammal are known to show seropositivity for brucellae, and B. ceti or B. pinnipedialis have been isolated or identified in polymerase chain reaction assays in 18 of these species. Brucellae have also been isolated from fish and identi...