Cognitive and emotional changes in neurobrucellosis

The Journal of Infection
Sebnem ErenNesrin Dilbaz

Abstract

To determine cognitive and emotional changes among neurobrucellosis patients. The patients with neurobrucellosis and controls with brucellosis without neurologic involvement were included in the study. Neurobrucellosis was diagnosed by the following criteria: (i) symptoms or clinical findings compatible with neurobrucellosis, including headache, confusion, mental and emotional changes; (ii) isolation of Brucella spp. from CSF and/or demonstration of antibodies to Brucella > or = 1/4 in the CSF; (iii) the presence of lymphocytosis, increased protein and decreased glucose levels in the CSF; and (iv) clinical improvement with appropriate treatment. Two psychiatrists interviewed the patients, and performed the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) tests and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) tests. Thirty-four neurobrucellosis cases and 30 patients with brucellosis without neurological involvement were studied. The mean age was 41 years, 12 (41%) patients were female, 13 (46%) patients were farmers, and 7 (25%) patients were housewives. Among the neurobrucellosis cases, before the antibiotic therapy, the mean MMSE test score was 21.6, one week after the therapy 22.7, and two weeks after the therapy 24.3 (p=0.024, and p<0.001, r...Continue Reading

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