title: Evaluation of brainstem auditory potential in brucellosis patients with and without neurological involvement.
abstract: This study investigated the changes in brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) in acute phase of brucellosis. Twenty-two patients with brucellosis without neurologic involvement and seven patients with neurobrucellosis were included. BAEPs were evaluated before treatment. No patient had a symptom of hearing loss. Patients who had neurologic involvement did not show any abnormalities in their BAEPs recording. This study suggests that patients with brucellosis who are in the acute phase of the disease with or without neurological involvement may have normal BAEPs. BAEPs do not seem to be a sensitive method for central nervous system involvement of brucella patients in the acute phase of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Ankara Training & Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey. oecoskun@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Gunay Tuncar
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Ertem
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ergun
authors.forename: Gulnihal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kutlu
authors.forename: Necla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tulek
authors.forename: Levent E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Inan
authors.forename: Secil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial