Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is preceded by a respiratory or gastrointestinal illness in more than 50% of the patients. A rare association of GBS with a preceding snakebite is reported in the literature in only four previous cases. We present a case report of a patient diagnosed with GBS following...

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Autores principales: Hameed, Sajid, Memon, Mubashar, Khan, Sara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6764639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31576270
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5278
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description Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is preceded by a respiratory or gastrointestinal illness in more than 50% of the patients. A rare association of GBS with a preceding snakebite is reported in the literature in only four previous cases. We present a case report of a patient diagnosed with GBS following the bite of a yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) and a brief review of the available literature.
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spelling pubmed-67646392019-10-01 Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature Hameed, Sajid Memon, Mubashar Khan, Sara Cureus Neurology Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is preceded by a respiratory or gastrointestinal illness in more than 50% of the patients. A rare association of GBS with a preceding snakebite is reported in the literature in only four previous cases. We present a case report of a patient diagnosed with GBS following the bite of a yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) and a brief review of the available literature. Cureus 2019-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6764639/ /pubmed/31576270 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5278 Text en Copyright © 2019, Hameed et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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title_short Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort guillain-barre syndrome following a snakebite: a case report and review of literature
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6764639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31576270
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5278
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