Guillain-Barre syndrome occurring after rabies vaccination. 2005

Arifrasheed Siddiqui, and Rehman Izhar Usmani, and Saleem Anwer, and Salahuddin Afsar
Medical Unit IV, Civil Hospital, Karachi.

A variety of events are associated with the onset of Guillain-Barre syndrome, including vaccinations and vaccines. These are the swine influenza vaccine, oral poliovirus vaccine and rabies vaccine. Rabies is a uniformly fatal disease. It is preventable if World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for post exposure treatment (PET) are followed. These include local treatment of wound, passive immunization with rabies immunoglobulins and administration of a efficacious vaccine. Cell culture vaccines are highly immunogenic with fewer side effects, but are costly. For that reason neurotissue vaccines are still widely used in Pakistan, although they are less immunogenic with higher incidence of neuroparalytic complications. We report a case of Guillain-Barre syndrome secondary to sheep brain anti-rabies vaccine in a young boy, who presented with lower limb weakness with total recovery after treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011819 Rabies Vaccines Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent and treat RABIES. The inactivated virus vaccine is used for preexposure immunization to persons at high risk of exposure, and in conjunction with rabies immunoglobulin, for postexposure prophylaxis. Rabies Human Diploid Cell Vaccine,Rabies Vaccine,Vaccine, Rabies,Vaccines, Rabies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D020275 Guillain-Barre Syndrome An acute inflammatory autoimmune neuritis caused by T cell- mediated cellular immune response directed towards peripheral myelin. Demyelination occurs in peripheral nerves and nerve roots. The process is often preceded by a viral or bacterial infection, surgery, immunization, lymphoma, or exposure to toxins. Common clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, loss of sensation, and loss of deep tendon reflexes. Weakness of respiratory muscles and autonomic dysfunction may occur. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1312-1314) Acute Autoimmune Neuropathy,Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy,Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathy,Landry-Guillain-Barre Syndrome,Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory,Acute Infectious Polyneuritis,Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy,Acute Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathy,Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory,Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Familial,Guillain-Barré Syndrome,Guillaine-Barre Syndrome,Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute,Inflammatory Polyneuropathy Acute,Polyneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory,Polyneuropathy, Inflammatory Demyelinating, Acute,Polyradiculoneuropathy, Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating,Acute Autoimmune Neuropathies,Acute Inflammatory Polyneuropathies,Acute Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathies,Autoimmune Neuropathies, Acute,Autoimmune Neuropathy, Acute,Familial Guillain-Barre Syndrome,Familial Guillain-Barre Syndromes,Guillain Barre Syndrome,Guillain Barre Syndrome, Familial,Guillain Barré Syndrome,Guillain-Barre Syndromes, Familial,Guillain-Barré Syndromes,Guillaine Barre Syndrome,Infectious Polyneuritis, Acute,Inflammatory Polyneuropathies, Acute,Inflammatory Polyneuropathy, Acute,Inflammatory Polyradiculoneuropathies, Acute,Landry Guillain Barre Syndrome,Neuropathy, Acute Autoimmune,Polyneuritis, Acute Infectious,Polyneuropathy Acute, Inflammatory,Polyradiculoneuropathies, Acute Inflammatory,Syndrome, Familial Guillain-Barre,Syndrome, Guillain-Barre,Syndrome, Guillain-Barré,Syndrome, Guillaine-Barre,Syndrome, Landry-Guillain-Barre

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