Khuraibet A J, Shakir R A, Trontelj J V, Butinar D, al-Din A S
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait.
J Neurol Sci. 1988 Nov;87(2-3):307-13. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(88)90255-9.
Twelve patients with neurobrucellosis and 17 patients with systemic brucellosis without neurological involvement underwent a brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) study. All neurobrucellosis patients (100%) showed abnormalities in their BAEP recordings, suggestive of brainstem lesions at various levels. On the other hand, only 5 (29%) of the 17 patients with systemic brucellosis had mild unilateral BAEP abnormalities, while the remaining 12 had normal responses. Comparison of pooled data between the systemic brucellosis and neurobrucellosis groups showed highly significant differences in all BAEP parameters. The recording of BAEP is thus considered a sensitive supplementary method to reveal CNS lesions in patients with neurobrucellosis.
12例神经型布鲁氏菌病患者和17例无神经受累的全身性布鲁氏菌病患者接受了脑干听觉诱发电位（BAEP）检查。所有神经型布鲁氏菌病患者（100%）的BAEP记录均显示异常，提示不同水平的脑干病变。另一方面，17例全身性布鲁氏菌病患者中只有5例（29%）有轻度单侧BAEP异常，其余12例反应正常。全身性布鲁氏菌病组和神经型布鲁氏菌病组合并数据的比较显示，所有BAEP参数均有高度显著差异。因此，BAEP记录被认为是一种敏感的辅助方法，可用于揭示神经型布鲁氏菌病患者的中枢神经系统病变。
