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Meningitis
Research from H. Korri and co-authors reveals new findings on meningitis
February 17th, 2009
"- Brucellosis is a rare disease in which neurological complications, and more particularly, intracranial aneurysmal hemorrhages were rarely reported. Case report. - A brucellar meningitis was diagnosed in a 29-year-old man, who had been suffering from an unusual headache for about two months. Three days after beginning treatment, the patient developed an intracranial right frontal hemorrhage that led to the discovery of a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm," investigators in Beirut, Lebanon report. "The aneurysm was clipped surgically and doxycycline and rifampin were given for three months. The outcome was excellent. - Clinical manifestations of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-17)
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