title: The Guillain-Barré syndrome following dengue fever.
abstract: A 44 year old female presented with fever, muscle aches, rash and a low platelet count. IgM antibody to dengue virus was positive. Two weeks later she developed a flaccid areflexic quadriparesis. Nerve conduction studies showed a predominantly demyelitinating sensory motor polyneuropathy consistent with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Despite the relatively common occurrence of dengue fever, an associated polyradiculoneuropathy is distinctly uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esack
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teelucksingh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D003715:Dengue / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D010976:Platelet Count; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007075:Immunoglobulin M