title: Toxoplasma gondii-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: We report a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with an acute, disseminated toxoplasmosis due to a new and unknown zymodeme (zymodeme 12) in an immunocompetent patient. The patient's condition improved with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine. Only the standard treatment for toxoplasmosis was effective, whereas intravenous immunoglobulins were ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Infectious Diseases, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. philippe.bossi@ps1.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bossi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caumes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dardé
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bricaire
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy