Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Detection and Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Child.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
; 9(4): 510-513, 2020 Sep 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1072381
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Physicians in China reported what is believed to be the first adult case of a SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with acute Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), followed by 5 adult Italian patients and another case in the United States. In the current report, we present one of the first descriptions of an association of GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection in a child. In our facility, an 11-year-old boy presented with typical features of GBS and, after 5 days, a morbilliform skin rash over the palms of both hands. Three weeks before the start of the neurological symptoms, the boy had experienced an episode of mild febrile illness with mild respiratory manifestations and a persistent cough. The diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed by oropharyngeal swab on reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. The disease course of our patient strongly suggests a possible relationship between the development of GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The case is discussed in view of previous case reports regarding the association of GBS and COVID-19.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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