RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Visual evoked potentials in neurobrucellosis
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 363
OP 365
VO 13
IS 4
A1 Ufuk Ergun
A1 Gunay T. Ertem
A1 Gulnihal Kutlu
A1 Ozlem Coskun
A1 Levent E. Inan
A1 Necla Tulek
A1 Mustafa N. Ilhan
YR 2008
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/13/4/363.abstract
AB OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether visual evoked potentials (VEPs) are valuable for distinguishing between brucellosis with or without neurological involvement.METHODS: A total of 23 patients who were admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, and Neurology, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between December 2004 and August 2005 with a diagnosis of brucellosis were included in this study. After a detailed neurological and ophthalmological examination, VEPs were recorded. The P100 latencies and amplitudes were compared between the group of brucellosis (n=17) and neurobrucellosis (n=6) patients.RESULTS: Although there was no difference in the mean P100 latencies between the groups (n=17 for brucellosis, and n=6 for neurobrucellosis) (p=0.38), the mean P100 amplitude in patients with neurobrucellosis was significantly lower (p=0.012).CONCLUSION: It could be emphasized that VEPs might reflect an underlying axonal pathology as a distinctive feature in neurobrucellosis.