title: Two Uncommon Causes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Hepatitis E and Japanese Encephalitis.
abstract: We are presenting two cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome where it is preceded by hepatitis E virus (HEV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection, respectively. Our first case is a forty-three-year-old nondiabetic, nonhypertensive female who was initially diagnosed with acute HEV induced viral hepatitis and subsequently developed acute onset ascending quadriparesis with lower motor neuron type of bilateral facial nerve palsies and respiratory failure. Second patient was a 14-year-old young male who presented with meningoencephalitis with acute onset symmetric flaccid paraparesis. After thorough investigations it was revealed as a case of Japanese encephalitis. Our idea of reporting these two cases is to make ourselves aware about this potential complication of these two common infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Accident and Emergency, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Dhrubajyoti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Vijayan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ganesan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Cankatika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Suvrendu Sankar
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Parthasarathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karmakar
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Prasun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Debarati
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Adrija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hajra
authors.affiliation: Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Manas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Layek
authors.affiliation: R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sabyasachi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay