Abstract

HERNANDEZ-BELTRAN, Natalia; QUINTANA, Jesús Rodríguez  and  MANTILLA SYLVAIN, Fabien. Guillain-Barre syndrome in a patient with acute Chagas disease . Infect. [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.4, pp.172-174. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infect.2015.01.001.

The neurological impairment of Chagas disease that affects the nervous system is usually a chronic manifestation of this condition and predominantly affects the autonomic nervous system. This article presents a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient with acute Chagas disease as well as a literature review.

Keywords : Chagas disease; Guillain-Barré; Motor polyradiculoneuropathy; Trypanosoma cruzi.

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