Dengue presenting as Guillain Barre Syndrome
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E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: 91-22-23693509 Dengue fever (DF) has been increasingly reported among children in Mumbai. The common clinical and laboratory features seen in dengue-infected children are: fever, thrombocytopenia, elevated serum transaminases, elevated partial thromboplastin time (PTT), hypotension, vomiting , haemoconcentration, leukopenia and hepatomegaly.[1] Though dengue virus (DENV) is a member of the Flaviviridae group of viruses which include a number of neutropic viruses,[2] immune-mediated central nervous system’s (CNS) involvement following dengue infection has been rarely reported. Reports of only four children of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) due to DENV have been published.[3-6] We report a 2-year-old boy who presented with GBS due to dengue infection.
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