A case of influenza vaccination induced Guillain Barré syndrome with normal cerebrospinal fluid protein and improvement on treatment with corticosteroids

Authors: Eckert, Thomas¹; Bartels, Claudius²; Mawrin, Christian³; Feistner, Helmut¹; Welte, Tobias⁴

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 37, Number 8, August 2005 , pp. 621-623(3)

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Abstract:

We report a case of a 62-y-old male developing an influenza vaccination induced Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) showing all clinical and neuropathological symptoms of GBS except the characteristic elevation of protein levels in the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient improved under treatment with 100 mg prednisolone. In these cases the administration of corticosteroids might be considered as a treatment option as they might represent a subgroup of GBS with a different immunological response pattern.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00365540510038974

Affiliations: 1: From the Department of Neurology II, Magdeburg, Germany 2: Department of Neurology, Magdeburg, Germany 3: Department of Neuropathology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany 4: Department of Pneumology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Publication date: 2005-08-01

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