Open AccessA rare neurological complication of typhoid fever: Guillain-Barre′ syndrome
Author(s) -
Kapil Kapoor,
Shrey Jain,
Mamta Jajoo,
B Talukdar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.139323
Subject(s) - medicine , typhoid fever , guillain barre syndrome , complication , pediatrics , enteric fever , high fever , antibiotics , disease , surgery , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Guillain-Barre' syndrome is a rare complication of typhoid fever, and only a few such cases have been reported in the pediatric age group. We report a young boy with blood culture proven typhoid fever that developed this very rare neurological complication quite early in the course of the disease. Following treatment with intravenous antibiotics and intravenous immunoglobulin, he improved.