Journals / PTT Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi / 2000 / Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 3

A case of Brucella meningitis

Brusella menenjiti (Olgu sunumu)

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174–176
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At the end of eight weeks, CNS fluid examination became normal, with no positive cultures.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A twenty-three-year-old female patient presented with nausea, headache, double vision, and fever.
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Key Findings & Data:Lumber puncture was performed upon detection of symptoms of meningeal irritation, which showed a high protein level, a decreased glucose level, and lymphocyte count accounting for 90% in the central nervous system (CNS) fluid.
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Conclusion & Impact:At the end of eight weeks, CNS fluid examination became normal, with no positive cultures.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Tedavi sonucu · Antibiyotikler · İlaç tedavisi

Abstract

A twenty-three-year-old female patient presented with nausea, headache, double vision, and fever. Lumber puncture was performed upon detection of symptoms of meningeal irritation, which showed a high protein level, a decreased glucose level, and lymphocyte count accounting for 90% in the central nervous system (CNS) fluid. She was thought to have tuberculosis meningitis and four drug-chemotherapy was initiated. Meanwhile, brucella tube agglutination test was found positive at 1/320 titres and Brucella melitensis was cultured in the CNS fluid, enabling a diagnosis of brucella meningitis. The patient was administered doxycycline, rifampicin, and ceftriaxone followed by treatment with rifampicin, cotrimoxazole, and doxycycline. At the end of eight weeks, CNS fluid examination became normal, with no positive cultures.

Özet

Ateş, bulantı, baş ağrısı, çift görme yakınmaları ile başvuran 23 yaşındaki kadın hastada meninks irritasyon bulgularının bulunması üzerine lomber ponksiyon yapıldı. Lomber ponksiyon sonucunda proteinin yüksek, şekerin düşük bulunması ve görülen hücrelerin %90'ının lenfosit olması üzerine hasla tüberküloz menenjit kabul edilerek, dörtlü spesifik tedaviye başlandı. Bu arada, Brusella tüp aglütinasyon testinin 1/320 litrede pozitif olması ve beyin omurilik sıvısı kültüründe Brucella melitensis üremesi üzerine hastaya brusella menenjiti tanısı konularak doksisiklin, rifampisin ve seftriakson ile tedaviye başlandı ve tedavi rejimine rifampisin, kotrimakazol, doksisiklin ile devam edildi. Sekiz haftanın sonunda yapılan BOS kontrolleri normal, BOS kültürleri negatif bulundu.

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ARINÇ, S., ÖZGÜNEŞ, N., AKSOY, Y., DOĞRU, A. (2000). A case of Brucella meningitis. PTT Hastanesi Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 3, 174–176. https://ajindex.com/articles/308754