Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare post-infectious neurological disease characterized by the association of external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, lower limb arreflexia, extensor plantar response and disturbance of consciousness (drowsiness, stupor or coma).

Pneumonia

Inflammation of any part of the lung parenchyma.


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16948943
 MALE Child
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Steer AC, Starr M, Kornberg AJ.
J Child Neurol. 2006;21(6):533-4.
This is only the second case in the literature of Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis with raised titers of anti-GQ1b antibodies described in association with M pneumoniae infection.
16948943
 MALE Child
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Steer AC, Starr M, Kornberg AJ.
J Child Neurol. 2006;21(6):533-4.
M pneumoniae infection has been associated with both Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis and Miller Fisher syndrome.