1. Cranial imaging findings in neurobrucellosis: results of Istanbul-3 study
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Ayşe Seza Inal, Kaan Meric, Filiz Pehlivanoglu, Meltem Avci, Oğuz Reşat Sipahi, Asuman Inan, Derya Ozturk-Engin, Hanefi Cem Gul, Selçuk Kaya, Esmeray Mutlu-Yilmaz, Selma Tosun, Ayten Kadanali, Sibel Bolukcu, Tumer Guven, Elif Sahin-Horasan, Emel Yilmaz, Abdullah Umut Pekok, Fatma Sirmatel, Canan Agalar, Celal Ayaz, Mustafa Kasim Karahocagil, Ayse Batirel, Hasan Karsen, Secil Deniz, Hakan Erdem, Asli Haykir-Solay, Nefise Oztoprak, Asim Ulcay, Gonul Sengoz, Mahmut Sunnetcioglu, Ayhan Akbulut, Nazif Elaldi, Selma Ates-Guler, Mehmet Ulug, Recep Tekin, Affan Denk, Yasemin Cag, Mustafa Namiduru, Emine Parlak, Sukran Kose, Rodrigo Hasbun, Mustafa Kemal Çelen, Tuna Demirdal, Seniha Senbayrak, Huseyin Turgut, Kadriye Kart Yaşar, Ali İrfan Baran, Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı., Yılmaz, Emel, Çukurova Üniversitesi, [Erdem, Hakan] Gulhane Mil Med Acad, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Senbayrak, Seniha -- Deniz, Secil -- Ozturk-Engin, Derya -- Inan, Asuman] Haydarpasa Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Meric, Kaan] Haydarpasa Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Radiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Batirel, Ayse] Dr Lutfi Kirdar Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Karahocagil, Mustafa Kasim -- Baran, Ali Irfan -- Sunnetcioglu, Mahmut] Yuzuncu Yil Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Van, Turkey -- [Hasbun, Rodrigo] Univ Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis, Houston, TX 77030 USA -- [Sengoz, Gonul -- Pehlivanoglu, Filiz] Haseki Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Karsen, Hasan] Harran Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sanliurfa, Turkey -- [Kaya, Seluk] Karadeniz Tech Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Trabzon, Turkey -- [Inal, Ayse Seza] Cukurova Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Adana, Turkey -- [Pekok, Abdullah Umut] Private Erzurum Sifa Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Erzurum, Turkey -- [Celen, Mustafa Kemal -- Tekin, Recep -- Ayaz, Celal] Dicle Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Diyarbakir, Turkey -- [Ulug, Mehmet] Private Umit Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Eskisehir, Turkey -- [Demirdal, Tuna] Katip Celebi Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Namiduru, Mustafa] Gaziantep Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Gaziantep, Turkey -- [Guven, Tumer] Ankara Atatrk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Parlak, Emine] Ataturk Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Erzurum, Turkey -- [Bolukcu, Sibel -- Sipahi, Oguz Resat] Bezmi Alem Vakif Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Avci, Meltem -- Tosun, Selma] Izmir Bozyaka Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Yasar, Kadriye] Bakirkoy Dr Sadi Konuk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Yilmaz, Emel] Uludag Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Bursa, Turkey -- [Ates-Guler, Selma] Sutcu Imam Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Kahramanmaras, Turkey -- [Mutlu-Yilmaz, Esmeray] Samsun Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Samsun, Turkey -- [Sirmatel, Fatma] Abant Izzet Baysal Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Bolu, Turkey -- [Sahin-Horasan, Elif] Mersin Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Mersin, Turkey -- [Akbulut, Ayhan -- Denk, Affan] Firat Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Elazig, Turkey -- [Oztoprak, Nefise] Antalya Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Antalya, Turkey -- [Cag, Yasemin] Medeniyet Univ, Goztepe Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Kadanali, Ayten] Umraniye Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Turgut, Huseyin] Pamukkale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Denizli, Turkey -- [Gul, Hanefi Cem -- Ulcay, Asim] GATA Haydarpasa Training Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Haykir-Solay, Asli] Igdir State Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Igdir, Turkey -- [Kose, Sukran] Tepecik Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Agalar, Canan] Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training & Res Hosp, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Elaldi, Nazif] Cumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Infect Dis & Clin Microbiol, Sivas, Turkey, Inal, Ayse Seza -- 0000-0002-1182-7164, ayaz, celal -- 0000-0002-9060-1090, and Kart Yasar, Kadriye -- 0000-0003-2963-4894
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WOS: 000388827200008, PubMed ID: 27138335, Objective Neuroimaging abnormalities in central nervous system (CNS) brucellosis are not well documented. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of imaging abnormalities in neurobrucellosis and to identify factors associated with leptomeningeal and basal enhancement, which frequently results in unfavorable outcomes. Methods Istanbul-3 study evaluated 263 adult patients with CNS brucellosis from 26 referral centers and reviewed their 242 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 226 computerized tomography (CT) scans of the brain. Results A normal CT or MRI scan was seen in 143 of 263 patients (54.3 %). Abnormal imaging findings were grouped into the following four categories: (a) inflammatory findings: leptomeningeal involvements (44), basal meningeal enhancements (30), cranial nerve involvements (14), spinal nerve roots enhancement (8), brain abscesses (7), granulomas (6), and arachnoiditis (4). (b) White-matter involvement: white-matter involvement (32) with or without demyelinating lesions (7). (c) Vascular involvement: vascular involvement (42) mostly with chronic cerebral ischemic changes (37). (d) Hydrocephalus/cerebral edema: hydrocephalus (20) and brain edema (40). On multivariate logistic regression analysis duration of symptoms since the onset (OR 1.007; 95 % CI 1-28, p = 0.01), polyneuropathy and radiculopathy (OR 5.4; 95 % CI 1.002-1.013, p = 0.044), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)/serum glucose rate (OR 0.001; 95 % CI 000-0.067, p = 0.001), and CSF protein (OR 2.5; 95 % CI 2.32.7, p = 0.0001) were associated with diffuse inflammation. Conclusions In this study, 45 % of neurobrucellosis patients had abnormal neuroimaging findings. The duration of symptoms, polyneuropathy and radiculopathy, high CSF protein level, and low CSF/serum glucose rate were associated with inflammatory findings on imaging analyses.
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- 2016
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