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Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with Scrub Typhus Infection: Uncommon or Under-Reported!
- Source :
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Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology . Nov/Dec2022, Vol. 25 Issue 6, p1231-1233. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The article discusses how Guillain Barre Syndrome is associated with Scrub Typhus infection, a a zoonotic disease, caused by Rickettsia, Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT). Topics include Treatment given including intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or Plasma exchange (PE); and temporal association in the present study supports the notion that GBS might have been triggered by humoral immune response against ST.
- Subjects :
- *ANTIBIOTICS
*IMMUNOGLOBULIN analysis
*NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
*ACADEMIC medical centers
*PAIN
*FEVER
*PREDNISOLONE
*HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
*PLASMA exchange (Therapeutics)
*ORAL drug administration
*CONVALESCENCE
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*CREATINE kinase
*IMMUNOMODULATORS
*DOXYCYCLINE
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*NEUROLOGIC manifestations of general diseases
*GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome
*TYPHUS fever
*ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay
*LEUKOCYTE count
*ANEMIA
*GRAM-negative bacterial diseases
*HEADACHE
*SEIZURES (Medicine)
*THROMBOCYTOPENIA
*IMMUNOTHERAPY
*SYMPTOMS
*DISEASE complications
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09722327
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160695312
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4103/aian.aian_559_22