TY - JOUR
T1 - Síndrome de guillain barré asociado a brucelosis
AU - Montalvo, Raúl
AU - García, Yury
AU - Ñavincopa, Marcos
AU - Ticona, Eduardo
AU - Chávez, Gonzalo
AU - Moore, David A.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We describe a case of a 47 years old male, with a history of 2 days of progressive, ascendant, symmetrical weakness in the lower extremities; a lumbar puncture was performed after the brain CT scan, as well as an electromyography, evidencing pure motor polyradiculopathy with axonal pattern, compatible with Guillain Barre syndrome. Afterwards, he received four plasmapheresis sessions, with clinical improvement from the second session. Due to his epidemiological background, Brucella set testing was done. Rose Bengal was positive, antibiotic treatment with rifampin and doxicicline was initiated, as well as rehabilitation. Three months later the patient recovered completely. The relevance of early treatment with plasmapheresis and the definition of the etiologic diagnosis determine that the prognosis of the Guillain Barre syndrome is favorable.
AB - We describe a case of a 47 years old male, with a history of 2 days of progressive, ascendant, symmetrical weakness in the lower extremities; a lumbar puncture was performed after the brain CT scan, as well as an electromyography, evidencing pure motor polyradiculopathy with axonal pattern, compatible with Guillain Barre syndrome. Afterwards, he received four plasmapheresis sessions, with clinical improvement from the second session. Due to his epidemiological background, Brucella set testing was done. Rose Bengal was positive, antibiotic treatment with rifampin and doxicicline was initiated, as well as rehabilitation. Three months later the patient recovered completely. The relevance of early treatment with plasmapheresis and the definition of the etiologic diagnosis determine that the prognosis of the Guillain Barre syndrome is favorable.
KW - Brucella
KW - Guillain-Barre Syndrome
KW - Peripheral nervous system diseases (source: MeSH NLM)
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U2 - 10.1590/S1726-46342010000200020
DO - 10.1590/S1726-46342010000200020
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:77955322527
SN - 1726-4634
VL - 27
SP - 292
EP - 295
JO - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
JF - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
IS - 2
ER -