Brucellosis is a common zoonotic infection in many parts of the world including the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries.

Neurobrucellosis may develop at any stage of disease and may have widely variable manifestations, including encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, radiculitis, myelitis, peripheral and cranial neuropathies, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and psychiatric manifestations.

Brucellosis is a common zoonotic infection in many parts of the world including the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries.

Neurobrucellosis may develop at any stage of disease and may have widely variable manifestations, including encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, radiculitis, myelitis, peripheral and cranial neuropathies, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and psychiatric manifestations.

The aimed is to shed light to the obscure areas of diagnosis in neurobrucellosis and have detailed general and neurologic features

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients >18 years of age with laboratory-confirmed brucellosis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous neuropsychiatric disease

82 consecutive patients with brucellosis (18 patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations and 64 patients without neuropsychiatric manifestations) were recruited.