title: Guillain-BarrÉ Syndrome After Immunization in Canadian Children (1996-2012).
abstract: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) cases admitted to Canadian pediatric tertiary care centers were ascertained through active surveillance. From 1996 to 2012, 246 cases were identified, and 24 (10%) had onset ≤30 days after immunization. Annual rate of postimmunization GBS was 2.0 per 100,000 hospitalizations. Postimmunization GBS was an infrequent cause of pediatric hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; †Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ‡Division of Infectious Diseases, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; §Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; ¶Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and ‖The members of the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active are provided in the Appendix.
authors.forename: Karina A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Top
authors.forename: Shalini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vaudry
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Halperin
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bettinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies