Open AccessSubacute transverse myelitis as a clinical presentation of neurobrucellosis
Author(s) -
Juan José Díaz-Vintimilla,
Luis Adrián Rosales-Hernández,
Rogelio Zapata-Arenas,
Sokani SánchezMontes,
Ingeborg Becker
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.14753
Subject(s) - transverse myelitis , brucellosis , brucella melitensis , myelitis , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , virulence , virology , multiple sclerosis , immunology , biology , brucella , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , spinal cord , biochemistry , psychiatry , gene
Brucella melitensis is the main cause of human brucellosis worldwide and is considered the most virulent and neurotropic species. In Mexico, this species is considered endemic, being reported since the first decade of the 20th century. Here we present a case of subacute transverse myelitis with the isolation and identification of B. melitensis as the causative agent of Neurobrucellosis in a female patient from the coastal state of Guerrero, Mexico.