Generalized tetanus could be complicated with Guillain-Barré syndrome

Jae Hoon Lee; Yun Su Hwang; Ji Hyun Cho

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.011

Generalized tetanus could be complicated with Guillain-Barré syndrome

Jae Hoon Lee^*
, Yun Su Hwang
, Ji Hyun Cho

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

Wonkwang University

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Abstract

A retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with tetanus was conducted to evaluate the occurrence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Two of 13 tetanus cases were complicated with GBS. Their symptoms and signs related to GBS improved markedly after a 5-day infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin. Physicians should keep in mind that GBS can be an important cause of muscle weakness in patients with tetanus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-21
Number of pages	2
Journal	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.011
State	Published - 2016.07.1

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Guillan-Barre syndrome
Tetanus

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