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AI InsightThis article presents the case of a 28 year-old male patient with GBS during active brucellosis who responded fully to treatment directed to brucellosis. and it is stressed that brucellosis should be considered as a probable etiologic agent in patients with GBS who live in areas where brucellosis is endemic.
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Abstract
It has been reported that approximately two thirds of patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have had a prodromal illness within a four-week period preceding the onset of GBS. This prodromal illness is most commonly an upper respiratory tract illness or, secondly, gastroenteritis. However, specific infectious agents, such as mycoplasma, cytomegalovirus, Ebstein-Barr virus, vaccinia, variola, campylobacter, varicella-zoster, measles, mumps, hepatitis A and B viruses, rubella, influenza A and B viruses, coxackie and echoviruses, have also been reported to be certain or probable etiologic antecedent agents of GBS. In contrast, GBS during active brucellosis has rarely been reported. This article presents the case of a 28 year-old male patient with GBS during active brucellosis who responded fully to treatment directed to brucellosis. and it is stressed that brucellosis should be considered as a probable etiologic agent in patients with GBS who live in areas where brucellosis is endemic.
Özet
Guillain Barré sendromlu (GBS) olguların yaklaşık üçte ikisinde hastalığın başlangıcından önceki dört haftalık dönemde bir prodromal hastalık bulgusu olduğu bildirilmiştir. En sık karşılaşılan prodromal hastalık üst solunum yolu enfeksiyonu veya bir gastroenterittir. GBS etiyolojisinde mycoplasma, cytomegalovirus, Ebstein-Barr virus, vaccinia, variola, campylobacter, varicella-zoster, measles, mumps, hepatitis A ve B virusleri, rubella, influenza A ve B virusleri, coxackie ve echovirus gibi spesifik enfeksiyon ajanlarının kesin veya muhtemel varlığı rapor edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte, aktif bruselloz süresince GBS nadir olarak rapor edilmiştir. Bu makalede, brusella geçirmiş tedaviye tam olarak cevap veren aktif bruselloz esnasında GBS’li 28 yaşında erkek hasta sunuldu ve brusellozun endemik olduğu yerde yaşayan GBS’ li hastalarda etiyolojik ajanın brusella olabileceğinin gözönünde buludurulması vurgulandı.