title: Guillain-Barre syndrome in a pediatric patient following infection due to Leptospira.
abstract: Leptospirosis is a disease with protean manifestations. We report a case of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in a pediatric patient following infection with Leptospira. Infecting Leptospira presumably belonged to serovar Copenhageni. The patient recovered completely. The possibility of GBS developing as a result of antecedent leptospiral infection should be kept in mind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College, Pune 411001, India. balabhijit@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Abhijit M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Renu S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bharadwaj
authors.forename: Nadimpalli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gita
authors.forename: Suvarna A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Jyotsna P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Thakare
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000379:methods; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine