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- Title
Preceding infections and anti-ganglioside antibodies in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome: a single centre prospective case-control study.
- Authors
Sinha, S; Prasad, K N; Jain, D; Pandey, C M; Jha, S; Pradhan, S
- Abstract
Preceding infections and anti-ganglioside antibodies were assessed among 80 Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients and 125 controls. Previous infections were more frequent among GBS patients than among controls (p <0.0001), and had a significant association with axonal subtype compared with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) (29/46 vs. 10/34 patients; p <0.05). Campylobacter jejuni (26%) was the most common preceding infection among GBS patients, followed by Mycoplasma pneumoniae (15%). Anti-ganglioside antibodies were detected more frequently among GBS patients than among controls (65/80 vs. 13/125; p <0.001), and a higher proportion of axonal cases had these antibodies than did AIDP patients (43/46 vs. 22/34; p <0.01).
- Publication
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 3, p334
- ISSN
1198-743X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01636.x