title: [Campylobacter jejuni infection in patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case report].
abstract: The Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute inflammatory polineuropathy; it's frequency is established at the level of 1,3 cases/ 100 000 persons/ year. The main etiological factors concerned with the GBS occurrence are: Campylobacter jejuni, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barre virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The authors present a case of the 15 years old boy with the clinical features of acute motor axonal polineuropathy and confirmed C. jejuni infection. Identification of C. jejuni isolate was based on colony morphology on CCDA plate (OXOID), characteristic motility, catalase, oxidase, hippurate hydrolysis and acetate hydrolysis. The identity of C. jejuni was also confirmed by a specific PCR. According to the authors' knowledge this is the first case of a patient with GBS with confirmed C. jejuni infection reported from Poland.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii i Neurologii Wieku Rozwojowego, Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego, Katowice. ilonakopyta@autograf.pl
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kopyta
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wardak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction