• Ir J Med Sci · Sep 2009

    Case Reports

    Scrub typhus as a possible aetiology of Guillain-Barré syndrome: two cases.

    • M-S Lee, J-H Lee, H-S Lee, H Chang, Y-S Kim, K-H Cho, S-H Ahn, J-H Song, M Yoo, J-K Han, and H-Y Park.
    • Department of Medicine, Wonkwang University Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-180, South Korea.
    • Ir J Med Sci. 2009 Sep 1; 178 (3): 347-50.

    AbstractNeurological complications of scrub typhus are reported to be rare. Peripheral nervous system involvement has been reported in only one case. We present two cases of Guillan-Barré syndrome (GBS) associated with scrub typhus. In both cases, the findings of an elevated indirect immunofluorescent antibody titer for Orientia tsutsugamushi and nerve conduction study showing sensory-motor polyneuropathy, have led us to believe that scrub typhus could be one of the antecedent illnesses associated with GBS.

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