Quantifying the Association between Campylobacter Infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Systematic Review

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a neurologic disease that causes ascending paralysis and is triggered by a preceding bacterial or viral infection. Several studies have shown that patients with GBS have a recent history of infection due to Campylobacter jejuni. A literature review of published studi...

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Published in:Journal of health, population and nutrition population and nutrition, 2010-12, Vol.28 (6), p.545-552
Main Authors: Poropatich, Kate O., Walker, Christa L. Fischer, Black, Robert E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Bacterial infection
Campylobacter
Campylobacter infections
Campylobacter Infections - complications
Campylobacter jejuni
Care and treatment
Case control studies
Case studies
Cohort studies
Complications and side effects
Conjunction
Diagnosis
Guillain Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - epidemiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - etiology
Humans
Incidence
Infection
Infections
Neurological disorders
Neurology
Original Papers
Paralysis
Peripheral nervous system diseases
Personal health
Viral infections
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Summary:Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a neurologic disease that causes ascending paralysis and is triggered by a preceding bacterial or viral infection. Several studies have shown that patients with GBS have a recent history of infection due to Campylobacter jejuni. A literature review of published studies that reported rates of Campylobacter infection before or in conjunction with GBS was done. These reported data were used for calculating the proportion of GBS cases who tested positive for Campylobacter compared to the control population and the incidence of GBS among patients infected with Campylobacter. Results of the analysis suggest that 31% of 2,502 GBS cases included in these papers are attributable to Campylobacter infection.
ISSN:1606-0997
2072-1315
DOI:10.3329/jhpn.v28i6.6602