Abstract
Brucellosis, an infectious disease transmitted to humans principally through exposure to contaminated milk products, is endemic to the Middle East [1]. In Egypt, a crosssectional study found that 11% of the population had serological evidence of infection with Brucella spp., while a study of acute febrile illnesses found that 3% of all bacteraemias were caused by the organism [2,3]. Brucella spp. has been reported as a cause of meningitis in many parts of the world. But, despite the frequent finding of Brucella bacteraemia, as far as we know the agent has not been previously reported in the medical literature as a cause of meningitis in Egypt. The current case thus represents the first report of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culturepositive Brucella meningitis in Egypt.
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