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AuthorElzouki, Abdel-Naser
AuthorA.M. Osman, Maab
AuthorA.E. Ahmed, Mohanad
AuthorAl-Abdulmalek, Abdulrahman
AuthorAltermanini, Mohammad
AuthorA. Al-Ani, Haneen
AuthorNaeem, Muhammad
AuthorHabas, Elmukhtar
Available date2021-10-24T11:48:17Z
Publication Date2021-11
Publication NameTravel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102169
CitationElzouki, A.-N., Osman, M. A. M., Ahmed, M. A. E., Al-Abdulmalek, A., Altermanini, M., Al-Ani, H. A., Naeem, M., & Habas, E. (2021). COVID-19 infection presented as Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Report of two new cases and review of 116 reported cases and case series. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 44, 102169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102169
ISSN1477-8939
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/24654
AbstractAims: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID 19) is a pandemic infectious disease of 2020, which often presents with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. The behavior of the virus and its full clinical picture has not been fully studied yet. Many case reports and case series have been running in order to elaborate different presentations and associations. Pulmonary and gastrointestinal features of COVID-19 infection are well outlined; however, neurological manifestations are less defined. Case presentation We report two adult cases of COVID-19 infection presented with acute Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), and a literature review on the causal association between COVID-19 and GBS. Conclusion Our two case reports in addition to literature review of 116 published cases may help offer insight into the clinical course of COVID-19 infection. Our two COVID-19 patients presented with neurological manifestations of GBS which were not preceded with any respiratory, gastrointestinal or other systemic infection. This leads us to raise the possibility of establish direct causal association between COVID-19 infection and GBS. Physicians should have high clinical suspicions when encounter GBS patient during the current COVID-19 pandemic and consider co-existence of COVID-19 infection that may warrant SARS-CoV-2 testing, isolation precautions, and specific treatment for Covid-19 infection.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectCOVID-19
Novel coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 infection
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Peripheral neuropathy
Neurological diseases
TitleCOVID-19 infection presented as Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Report of two new cases and review of 116 reported cases and case series
TypeArticle
Volume Number44
dc.accessType Open Access


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