Doudier B, Rovery C, Rossi P, Feuillet L, Brouqui P
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Hôpital Nord, chemin des Bourrelys, 13915 Marseille, France.
Med Mal Infect. 2007 Apr;37(4):234-6. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2006.12.009. Epub 2007 Mar 2.
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare diagnosis different from meningoencephalitis with ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and confusion. Less than 100 cases have been described in the literature. We described the fatal case of a 69-year-old man who presented a severe consciousness disorders, distal weakness in the four limbs, and the BBE triad a few days after his admission for pneumonia.
比克斯特法夫脑干脑炎（BBE）是一种罕见的诊断，不同于伴有眼肌麻痹、共济失调和意识模糊的脑膜脑炎。文献中报道的病例不足100例。我们描述了一例69岁男性的致命病例，该患者因肺炎入院几天后出现严重意识障碍、四肢远端无力及BBE三联征。
