Abstract

CEPEDA-BARENO, Daniel Felipe  and  DELGADO-SERRANO, Josué. Guillain-Barré syndrome after vaccination in an infant. CES Med. [online]. 2020, vol.34, n.2, pp.162-168.  Epub Mar 01, 2021. ISSN 0120-8705.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.34.2.8.

Guillain-Barré syndrome is potentially fatal autoimmune disorder that presents as rapidly progressive flaccid paralytic polyneuropathy. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings and supported by electromyography. In most cases, it is preceded by a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection, but exceptional cases in which it appears after vaccination have been reported. This article aims to present the case of a young infant diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome after influenza vaccination. It is important for the clinician to consider this association when defining differential diagnoses when dealing with similar cases, stating that the benefits of vaccination clearly outweight its risks.

Keywords : Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Influenza Vaccines; Infant; Paresis; Autoinmmunity; Pediatrics.

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