Guven T, Ugurlu K, Ergonul O, Celikbas AK, Gok SE, Comoglu S, Baykam N, Dokuzoguz B, 2013. Neurobrucellosis. Clinical and Diagnostic Features CID 56: 1407–1412.
Ropper AH, 1992. The Guillain-Barré syndrome. N Engl J Med 326: 1130–1136.
Colmenero JD, Reguera JM, Martos F, 1996. Complications associated with Brucella melitensis infection: a study of 530 cases. Medicine 75: 195–211.
Shakir RA, Al-Din AS, Araj GF, Lulu AR, Mousa AR, Saadah MA, 1987. Clinical categories of neurobrucellosis: a report on 19 cases. Brain 110: 213–223.
Rees JH, Soudain SE, Gregson NA, Hughes RA, 1995. Campylobacter jejuni infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome. N Engl J Med 333: 1374–1379.
McCarthy N, Giesecke J, 2001. Incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome following infection with Campylobacter jejuni. Am J Epidemiol. 1536: 610.
Buzgan T, Karahocagil MK, Irmak H, Baran AI, Karsen H, Evirgen O, Akdeniz H, 2010. Clinical manifestations and complications in 1028 cases of brucellosis: a retrospective evaluation and review of the literature. Int J Infect Dis 14: e469–e478.
García T, Sánchez JC, Maestre JF, Guisado F, Vilches RM, Morales B, 1989. Brucellosis and acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy. Neurologia 4: 145–147.
Al-Eissa YA, Al-Herbish AS, 1996. Severe hypertension: an unusual presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a child with brucellosis. Eur J Pediatr 155: 53–55.
Yuki N, 2001. Infectious origins and molecular mimicry in Guillain-Barré and Fisher syndromes. Lancet Infect Dis 1: 29–37.
Watanabe K, Kim S, Nishiguchi M, Suzuki H, Watarai M, 2005. Brucella melitensis infection associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome through molecular mimicry of host structures. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 45: 121–127.
Al-Sous MW, Bohlega S, Al-Kawi MZ, Alwatban J, McLean DR, 2004. Neurobrucellosis: clinical and neuroimaging correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25: 395–401.
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Neurobrucellosis is relatively uncommon. In a prospective study of 530 patients with brucellosis, neurologic involvement was reported in only 1.7% of the patients. Unlike Campylobacter jejuni, the commonest infection implicated in Guillain–Barré syndrome, there are very few reports in the literature of Guillain–Barré syndrome in association with brucellosis. Out of 1,028 cases of brucellosis, polyneuritis was reported in only 2 out of 58 patients with neurological involvement.
Authors' addresses: Fatehi Elzein and Mohammed Mursi, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Infectious Diseases, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, E-mails: fatehielzein@yahoo.com and dr.m.mursi84@hotmail.com.
Guven T, Ugurlu K, Ergonul O, Celikbas AK, Gok SE, Comoglu S, Baykam N, Dokuzoguz B, 2013. Neurobrucellosis. Clinical and Diagnostic Features CID 56: 1407–1412.
Ropper AH, 1992. The Guillain-Barré syndrome. N Engl J Med 326: 1130–1136.
Colmenero JD, Reguera JM, Martos F, 1996. Complications associated with Brucella melitensis infection: a study of 530 cases. Medicine 75: 195–211.
Shakir RA, Al-Din AS, Araj GF, Lulu AR, Mousa AR, Saadah MA, 1987. Clinical categories of neurobrucellosis: a report on 19 cases. Brain 110: 213–223.
Rees JH, Soudain SE, Gregson NA, Hughes RA, 1995. Campylobacter jejuni infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome. N Engl J Med 333: 1374–1379.
McCarthy N, Giesecke J, 2001. Incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome following infection with Campylobacter jejuni. Am J Epidemiol. 1536: 610.
Buzgan T, Karahocagil MK, Irmak H, Baran AI, Karsen H, Evirgen O, Akdeniz H, 2010. Clinical manifestations and complications in 1028 cases of brucellosis: a retrospective evaluation and review of the literature. Int J Infect Dis 14: e469–e478.
García T, Sánchez JC, Maestre JF, Guisado F, Vilches RM, Morales B, 1989. Brucellosis and acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy. Neurologia 4: 145–147.
Al-Eissa YA, Al-Herbish AS, 1996. Severe hypertension: an unusual presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a child with brucellosis. Eur J Pediatr 155: 53–55.
Yuki N, 2001. Infectious origins and molecular mimicry in Guillain-Barré and Fisher syndromes. Lancet Infect Dis 1: 29–37.
Watanabe K, Kim S, Nishiguchi M, Suzuki H, Watarai M, 2005. Brucella melitensis infection associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome through molecular mimicry of host structures. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 45: 121–127.
Al-Sous MW, Bohlega S, Al-Kawi MZ, Alwatban J, McLean DR, 2004. Neurobrucellosis: clinical and neuroimaging correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25: 395–401.
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