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Early Guillain-Barré syndrome in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a case report from an Italian COVID-hospital.
Ottaviani, Donatella; Boso, Federica; Tranquillini, Enzo; Gapeni, Ilaria; Pedrotti, Giovanni; Cozzio, Susanna; Guarrera, Giovanni M; Giometto, Bruno.
  • Ottaviani D; Neurology Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • Boso F; Neurology Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • Tranquillini E; Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
  • Gapeni I; Neurology Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • Pedrotti G; Neurology Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • Cozzio S; Intensive Care Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • Guarrera GM; Internal Medicine Unit, Rovereto Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • Giometto B; Health Trust, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS) di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Neurol Sci ; 41(6): 1351-1354, 2020 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-845509
ABSTRACT
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy associated with dysimmune processes, often related to a previous infectious exposure. During Italian severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 outbreak, a woman presented with a rapidly progressive flaccid paralysis with unilateral facial neuropathy after a few days of mild respiratory symptoms. Coronavirus was detected by nasopharyngeal swab, but there was no evidence of its presence in her cerebrospinal fluid, which confirmed the typical albumin-cytological dissociation of GBS, along with consistent neurophysiological data. Despite immunoglobulin infusions and intensive supportive care, her clinical picture worsened simultaneously both from the respiratory and neurological point of view, as if reflecting different aspects of the same systemic inflammatory response. Similar early complications have already been observed in patients with para-infectious GBS related to Zika virus, but pathological mechanisms have yet to be established.
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Texto completo: Disponible Colección: Bases de datos internacionales Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neumonía Viral / Infecciones por Coronavirus / Síndrome de Guillain-Barré / Betacoronavirus / Hospitalización Tipo de estudio: Reporte de caso / Estudios diagnósticos / Estudio pronóstico Tópicos: Covid persistente Límite: Anciano / Femenino / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Neurol Sci Asunto de la revista: Neurología Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: S10072-020-04449-8

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Texto completo: Disponible Colección: Bases de datos internacionales Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neumonía Viral / Infecciones por Coronavirus / Síndrome de Guillain-Barré / Betacoronavirus / Hospitalización Tipo de estudio: Reporte de caso / Estudios diagnósticos / Estudio pronóstico Tópicos: Covid persistente Límite: Anciano / Femenino / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Neurol Sci Asunto de la revista: Neurología Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: S10072-020-04449-8