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Simultaneous tests for agglutinins and complement-fixing antibodies for Brucella were carried out on the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of 13 patients having brucellosis. Complement-fixing antibodies and agglutinins were demonstrated in the cerebrospinal fluid of one patient with chronic encephalomeningitis and in one patient with a paravertebral abscess associated with Brucella spondylitis. A third patient having chronic Brucella encephalomeningitis had agglutinins in the cerebrospinal fluid. In 13 cases these two serologic tests when performed with cerebrospinal fluid have not aided in resolving the problem of the incidence of organic brain damage in patients with brucellosis.
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