A Case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following Plasmodium vivax infection.
- Author:
Bong Jin KO
1
;
Eun Jin KIM
;
Dae Seop LIM
;
Jang Won PARK
;
Jae Woong TAE
;
Ji Yeon RYU
;
Suk Hoon CHOI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Guillain-Barre syndrome; Plasmodium vivax; Malaria
- MeSH: Adult; Dissociative Disorders; Fever; Foot; Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Hand; Humans; Immunoglobulins; Korea; Malaria; Malaria, Vivax; Male; Neural Conduction; Paralysis; Plasmodium; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Polyradiculopathy; Sensation; Ventilators, Mechanical
- From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2010;42(6):424-427
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: A 28-year-old male was admitted to our medical center with general myalgia and fever. After a series of tests, he was diagnosed with P. vivax malaria. On the 5th hospital day, the patient complained of tingling sensation on both hands and feet, which acutely progressed to ascending symmetric motor paralysis. Nerve conduction velocity test and cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed albumino-cytologic dissociation, suggesting polyradiculopathy, and thus he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. After 5-day treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin, and antificial ventilator therapy the patient fully recovered. In the literature, only 22 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with Plasmodium have been reported; 19 cases were caused by Plasmodium falciparum and 3 were by P. vivax. Herein, we report the first case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome associated with P. vivax malaria in Korea.
