Brucellar psychosis

Fereshte Sheybani, Mohammad Reza Sarvghad, Amin Bojdi, Hamid Reza Naderi

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Abstract

Brucellosis is the most common worldwide zoonotic infection of which psychosis is a rare feature of this disease. Brucellar psychosis should be considered in a patient with unexplained, nonspecific psychological complaints. Its timely diagnosis relies on special attention to the epidemiologic profile of the patient for a possible exposure to the brucella species. This article has presented three cases of brucellar psychosis initially misdiagnosed because the risk factors which made them at risk for the disease were ignored.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)723-725
Number of pages3
JournalArchives of Iranian medicine
Volume15
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2012

Keywords

  • Brucella
  • Neurobrucellosis
  • Psychosis

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