Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic infection worldwide and endemic in Turkey. It constitutes an important public health problem, especially in rural areas. Brucellosis primarily occurs in animals and it is transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected animals or ingestion of unpasteurized milk and milk products.1 Brucellosis is a multisystem disease and the clinical features...

BACKGROUND Neurobrucellosis (NB) is a rare, but important complication of brucellosis. The clinical features vary greatly and, in general, tend to be chronic. Many laboratory procedures are usually employed in the diagnosis of NB. Even though the culture method is the gold standard, growth rate is low and time consuming. Thus the rate of sequelae and mortality increase in case of a delay in tre...

INTRODUCTION In this era of globalization frequent traveling across the world is common. It has resulted in exchange of knowledge and expertise among medical professionals around the world which has a visible positive impact. However, this predisposes the travelers to the risk of acquiring an 'alien' disease endemic to a particular country. This may be a great challenge for the treating physici...