title: Guillain-barré syndrome during active brucellosis.
abstract: It has been reported that approximately two thirds of patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have had a prodromal illness within a four-week period preceding the onset of GBS. This prodromal illness is most commonly an upper respiratory tract illness or, secondly, gastroenteritis. However, specific infectious agents, such as mycoplasma, cytomegalovirus, Ebstein-Barr virus, vaccinia, variola, campylobacter, varicella-zoster, measles, mumps, hepatitis A and B viruses, rubella, influenza A and B viruses, coxackie and echoviruses, have also been reported to be certain or probable etiologic antecedent agents of GBS. In contrast, GBS during active brucellosis has rarely been reported. This article presents the case of a 28 year-old male patient with GBS during active brucellosis who responded fully to treatment directed to brucellosis. and it is stressed that brucellosis should be considered as a probable etiologic agent in patients with GBS who live in areas where brucellosis is endemic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aygul
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guzelcik
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilcan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kotan
keywords: Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Brucellosis; Guillain-Barré syndrome