Sensorineural hearing loss in neurobrucellosis

A case of neurobrucellosis presenting to the otologist with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) as the predominant clinical feature is reported. The diagnostic features and treatment options are discussed and the need for prolonged combination treatment to prevent relapse and further deterioration of...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 1993-11, Vol.107 (11), p.1034-1036
Main Authors: Thomas, Ratna, Kameswaran, Mohan, Murugan, Vel, Okafor, B. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Brucella melitensis - isolation & purification
Brucellosis
Brucellosis - complications
Brucellosis - microbiology
Clinical Records
Hearing - physiology
Hearing loss
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - etiology
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - physiopathology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
sensorineural
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Tropical medicine
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Summary:A case of neurobrucellosis presenting to the otologist with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) as the predominant clinical feature is reported. The diagnostic features and treatment options are discussed and the need for prolonged combination treatment to prevent relapse and further deterioration of hearing stressed. SNHL in neurobrucellosis has hitherto been reported principally in neurology literature as something of an incidental finding and so escapes the attention of otologists. It is hoped that this report will alert otologists in areas where brucellosis is endemic to the need to include tests for brucellosis in the routine diagnostic screening for SNHL. Practitioners in other locations should also consider this possibility when dealing with patients who have visited or lived in endemic regions.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1017/S0022215100125198