Abstract

DIAZ-CAMACHO, Dr. Pedro; LESCANO-LESCANO, Víctor E.  and  VALENCIA-CHUGNAS, Sandra P.. Guillain Barre Syndrome: Report Of a Case Caused By Enterovirus. Rev Ecuat Neurol [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.2, pp.83-86. ISSN 2631-2581.

Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy of autoimmune etiology that is usually preceded by a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection. It is characterized by a flaccid, symmetric, ascendent, arreflexic paralysis of rapid evolution. We describe a case of a 33 years old male patient, with a history of flu two weeks before admission, in addition to liquid stools that reverted spontaneously; his clinical picture consisted of a six days history of cuadriparesis aggravated by respiratory weakness, ending in mechanical ventilation. Examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed albumino-cytological disociation and PCR test resulted positive for Enterovirus. The patient received treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin with a favorable outcome. The purpose of this paper is to report a clinical case of GBS due to a new causal agent.

Keywords : Guillain Barre syndrome; Polirradiculoneuropathy; Enterovirus..

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