A rare cause of seizures: brucellar brain abscess

Braz J Infect Dis. 2016 May-Jun;20(3):310-1. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.12.010. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Authors

Sanem Yilmaz¹, Gulhadiye Avcu², Mehmet Beyazal³, Mehmet Arslan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Van, Turkey. Electronic address: sanem.yilmaz@ege.edu.tr.
² Ege University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Izmir, Turkey.
³ Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Van, Turkey.
⁴ Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Van, Turkey.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Brain Abscess / complications*
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / microbiology
Brucellosis / complications*
Brucellosis / diagnostic imaging
Child
Female
Humans
Seizures / diagnostic imaging
Seizures / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed