Brucellosis mimicking herpes simplex virus encephalitis

Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jan;20(1):144. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30553-5.

Authors

Ashok K Pannu¹, Atul Saroch², Navneet Sharma¹, Vikas Bhatia³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
² Department of Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Radiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

PMID: 31876485
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30553-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use*
Back Pain / etiology
Brucellosis / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential*
Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / diagnosis*
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / drug therapy*
Fever / etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Rifampin / therapeutic use*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Doxycycline
Rifampin