Guillain- Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection
Pan Afr. med. j
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35(118)2020.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
We are reporting a case of Acute Post-Infectious Flaccid paralysis also commonly known as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 infection. GBS often occurs following an infectious trigger which induces autoimmune reaction causing damage to peripheral nerves. So far, only 8 cases have been described in association with COVID-19. This is the first to be described in Tanzaniain an African Child, and probably the first in the continent. This report is presented for clinicians to be aware and for the medical fraternity to look into this unusual presentation which may shed some more light on possible pathways of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations. We recommend that the presentation of GBS with acute respiratory distress should warrant extra precaution and a testing for COVID-19 especially when the symptoms of COVID-19 are protean
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AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório do Recém-Nascido
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Camarões
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Síndrome de Guillain-Barré
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Pan Afr. med. j
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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