Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome

Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by gram-negative bacteria of the genus Brucella. Involvement of the gastrointestinal, hepatobilliary, and skeletal systems has been reported frequently in the literature. Involvement of the nervous system is relatively uncommon and has been reported in onl...

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Main Authors:	Farhang Babamahmoodi, Abdolreza Babamahmoodi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:	Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Brucellosis Guillain-Barré syndrome Neurobrucellosis
Online Access:	http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2011;volume=3;issue=4;spage=390;epage=392;aulast=Babamahmoodi

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spelling	doaj-cbb103f48e7a4ee793e09eaa4b7334542020-11-24T22:23:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Global Infectious Diseases0974-777X2011-01-013439039210.4103/0974-777X.91065Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndromeFarhang BabamahmoodiAbdolreza BabamahmoodiBrucellosis is an infectious disease caused by gram-negative bacteria of the genus Brucella. Involvement of the gastrointestinal, hepatobilliary, and skeletal systems has been reported frequently in the literature. Involvement of the nervous system is relatively uncommon and has been reported in only 3%-25% of cases of generalized brucellosis. Guillain-Barré syndrome is a prototypical postinfectious autoimmune disease. We report a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a 26-year-old woman as an uncommon presentation of neurobrucellosis.http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2011;volume=3;issue=4;spage=390;epage=392;aulast=BabamahmoodiBrucellosisGuillain-Barré syndromeNeurobrucellosis
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author	Farhang Babamahmoodi Abdolreza Babamahmoodi
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author_facet	Farhang Babamahmoodi Abdolreza Babamahmoodi
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title	Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome
title_short	Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome
title_full	Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome
title_fullStr	Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome
title_full_unstemmed	Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome
title_sort	brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
issn	0974-777X
publishDate	2011-01-01
description	Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by gram-negative bacteria of the genus Brucella. Involvement of the gastrointestinal, hepatobilliary, and skeletal systems has been reported frequently in the literature. Involvement of the nervous system is relatively uncommon and has been reported in only 3%-25% of cases of generalized brucellosis. Guillain-Barré syndrome is a prototypical postinfectious autoimmune disease. We report a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a 26-year-old woman as an uncommon presentation of neurobrucellosis.
topic	Brucellosis Guillain-Barré syndrome Neurobrucellosis
url	http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2011;volume=3;issue=4;spage=390;epage=392;aulast=Babamahmoodi
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Brucellosis, presenting with guillain-barré syndrome

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