Table 1.

Characteristics of neurobrucellosis patients with intramedullary spinal cord involvement in the literature [21]

Case	Age/sex	Risk factor	Lesion	Pus culture	Blood culture	Serology	Treatment	Systemic brucellosis
Çokca et al. [6]	Seventeen-year-old boy	Regular consumption of cow’s milk	Intramedullary dermoid cyst (T11–L2)	Brucella abortus biotype 3	Brucella abortus biotype 3	Not mentioned	Surgical + medical	Present
Bingöl et al. [4]	Forty-year-old female	Raising sheep and consuming raw milk	Intramedullary granuloma at T5	Not done	No growth	Positive	Medical	Present
Novati et al. [17]	Twenty-four-year-old male	Consumption of fresh goat’s cheese	Intramedullary abscess at T3	Not done	Brucella melitensis	Positive	Medical	Present
Helvaci et al. [14]	Fifteen-year-old girl	Consumption of cheese made from raw goat’s milk	Intramedullary abscess at T11–T12	No growth	No growth	Positive	Surgical + medical	Present
Vajramani et al. [18]	Forty-year-old female	Living near abattoir goat’s milk	Intramedullary abscess at conus	Brucella melitensis	Brucella melitensis	Positive	Surgical + medical	Present
Present case 2003	Thirty-five-year-old female	Consumption of cheese made from raw goat’s milk	Intramedullary abscess at C1–C2	Not done	Not done	Positive	Medical	Present