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 Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 545 - 552
Main Authors:	Poropatich, Kate O., Walker, Christa L. Fischer, Black, Robert E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bangladesh ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research 01.12.2010 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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 Literature reviews Neurological disorders Neurology Original Papers Paralysis Patients Peripheral nervous system diseases Personal health Systematic review Viral infections United States
ISSN:	1606-0997, 2072-1315
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