Chlamydial infection as a possible aetiological factor in the Guillain-Barré syndrome.

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  • C E Grattan
  • P Berman
چکیده

A 14-year-old boy was admitted with a five-day history of progressive weakness affecting all four limbs. Three weeks earlier he had developed a productive cough which had been successfully treated with talampicillin. He suffered from asthma and was receiving sodium cromoglycate. On examination there was widespread inspiratory wheeze and a flaccid tetraparesis with relative sparing of distal muscle power. All tendon reflexes were diminished but there was no detectable sensory impairment. Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed a protein of 1-26 g/litre with 7x 106 lymphocytes/litre. Serum complement fixation titres against C. psittaci antigen were 768, 6 days after the onset of neurological symptoms, 384 after 15 days and 384 after 40 days. Fluorescent antibody titres were 768, 768 and 512 respectively. Screening tests for recent viral and mycoplasmal infection were negative.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 58 686  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1982