TY - JOUR AU - Kanik-Yuksek, Saliha AU - Gulhan, Belgin AU - Ozkaya-Parlakay, Aslinur AU - Tezer, Hasan PY - 2014/12/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A case of childhood Brucellosis with neurological involvement and epididymo-orchitis JF - The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries JA - J Infect Dev Ctries VL - 8 IS - 12 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.3855/jidc.4432 UR - https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/25500664 SP - 1636-1638 AB - <p class="SmallText">Brucellosis is a common zoonotic infection worldwide caused by <em>Brucella</em> species. Central nervous system involvement is a serious complication of brucellosis, and the clinical presentation is quite heterogeneous. The genitourinary system may be affected. Epididymo-orchitis is the most common type of urinary tract involvement, which can cause serious complications. Herein, we present a case of brucellosis in a child with a rare combination of epididymo-orchitis and neurobrucellosis not encountered previously in the literature.</p> ER -