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Published on: May 31, 2010
First report of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis caused by Salmonella Dublin: a case report
Jiangbo Xie1, Tingting Zhang1, Tao Liu2
1Department of Neurology, Weifang Traditional Chinese Hospital, Weifang, China.
Background:
Diseases caused by nontyphoid Salmonella can range from mild, to self-limiting gastroenteritis and severe invasive infection. Relatively rarely, Salmonella may cause severe encephalopathy.
Case Presentation:
We report a suspected case of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis caused by Salmonella Dublin. A young man presented with impaired consciousness, ataxia, dysarthria, limb weakness, and restricted eyeball abduction. His clinical symptoms were consistent with Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis.
Conclusions:
This is the first case report of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis caused by Salmonella Dublin in the literature. After treatment, he recovered and was discharged. Early antibiotic treatment of sepsis may control the disease and avoid serious encephalopathy.
