A case of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with human parvovirus B19 infection

Y Minohara; Y Koitabashi; T Kato; N Nakajima; H Murakami; H Masaki; H Ishiko

doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(98)94531-5

A case of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with human parvovirus B19 infection

J Infect. 1998 May;36(3):327-8. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)94531-5.

Authors

Y Minohara¹, Y Koitabashi, T Kato, N Nakajima, H Murakami, H Masaki, H Ishiko

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, St Marianna University, School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.

PMID: 9661947
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)94531-5

Abstract

We report a 4-year-old boy who presented with Guillain-Barré Syndrome 11 days after the onset of erythema infectiosum. The illness resolved without gamma globulin therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Erythema Infectiosum / complications*
Erythema Infectiosum / virology
Humans
Male
Parvovirus
Polyradiculoneuropathy / complications
Polyradiculoneuropathy / virology*