Paralytic Rabies Misdiagnosed as Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Guest Worker: A Case Report
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Regev Cohen1,2*, Frida Babushkin1, Maurice Shapiro3, Martina Uda3, Rodney E Willoughby4 and Dan David5 1Infectious Diseases Unit, Sanz Medical Center, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel 2Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 3Intensive Care Unit, Sanz Medical Center, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel 4Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA 5Rabies Laboratory, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel *Corresponding author: Regev Cohen, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sanz Medical Center, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel, Tel: 9728609133; E-mail: [email protected]
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