Campylobacter jejuni infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome: An emerging cause of acute flaccid paralysis after the eradication of poliomyelitis in Bangladesh

Background: Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable success with the eradication of poliomyelitis. However, non-polio acute flaccid paralysis and its clinical presentation as the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is still frequently diagnosed. GBS has a diverse clinical phenotype that varies according to geography. Campylobacter jejuni enteritis is the predominant bacterial infection preceding GBS. The purpose of the study was to define the clinical phenotype of GBS and the relation with preceding C. jejuni infection and anti-ganglioside antibodies (GM1, GD1 and GQ1b) in a large GBS cohort from Bangladesh.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Type: Poster Presentation Source Type: research