Guillain-Barre syndrome and Campylobacter infection.

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dc.contributor.authorPrasad, K Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorPradhan, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorNag, V Len_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T16:10:51Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T16:10:51Z
dc.date.issued2001-09-12en_US
dc.descriptionThe Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.en_US
dc.description.abstractCampylobacter infection of the gastrointestinal tract has been observed as an antecedent illness in some patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS); these patients have been reported to have poor prognosis. We investigated 29 patients with GBS, admitted to our hospital from January 1996 to December 1999 for recent Campylobacter enteritis by culture of their stool specimens. Campylobacter upsaliensis and C. jejuni were isolated from stools of one patient each with acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) and acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) respectively. The patient with C. upsaliensis infection was a 7 year-old male child who developed features of AMAN, 7 days after onset of diarrhea. He recovered gradually within 24 days with residual deficit in the form of foot drop. This deficit has persisted for last three and half years. The other patient with C. jejuni infection was a 9 year-old boy, who developed AIDP after 9 days of acute diarrhea. This patient recovered completely within 28 days of illness without any deficit. None of the patients had relapse of GBS. The present findings indicate the need of planned systematic studies to explore the role of C. upsaliensis and other campylobacters as agents of antecedent diarrhea in patients of GBS with different clinical presentations and prognosis.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. knprasad@sgpgi.ac.inen_US
dc.identifier.citationPrasad KN, Pradhan S, Nag VL. Guillain-Barre syndrome and Campylobacter infection. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2001 Sep; 32(3): 527-30en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/34607
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2001_32_3/16-2616.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAgeden_US
dc.subject.meshCampylobacter --classificationen_US
dc.subject.meshCampylobacter Infections --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_US
dc.subject.meshFeces --microbiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshGuillain-Barre Syndrome --etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshSpecies Specificityen_US
dc.titleGuillain-Barre syndrome and Campylobacter infection.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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