ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020
Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection.
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- Post SARS-CoV-2 Guillain-Barré syndrome in a child: case report and review of the literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Pooled it
- Guillain Barre Syndrome as a Complication of COVID-19: A Systematic Review.The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2022Pooled it
- Treatment Options for COVID-19-Related Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Literature.The neurologist · 2021Pooled it
- Neurological complications in pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review of the literature.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Is Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated With COVID-19 Infection? A Systemic Review of the Evidence.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Role of toll-like receptors in post-COVID-19 associated neurodegenerative disorders?Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- From infection to autoimmunity: can COVID-19 spark new auto-immune conditions?Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
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- Possible association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and SARS-CoV-2 infection in children: A case report and literature review.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 interacts with renin-angiotensin system: impact on the central nervous system in elderly patients.GeroScience · 2022Review
- Spectrum of neuroimaging mimics in children with COVID-19 infection.Biomedical journal · 2022Review
- COVID-19 and MOG-IgG-associated acquired demyelinating polyneuropathy compatible with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in a previously healthy girl.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2022Article
- Neuropathological Aspects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Significance for Both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Post-Infectious Autoimmunity in the Central (CNS) and Peripheral (PNS) Nervous Systems: An African Perspective.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Current opinion in neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Current opinion in toxicology · 2021Review
- Neurological manifestations in patients with symptomatic COVID-19 admitted to the Bafoussam Regional Hospital, Cameroon.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- [Guillain Barré syndrome in the paediatric population. Consequence of active infection or long Covid?]Revista colombiana de reumatologiaReview
- COVID-19 infection presented as Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Report of two new cases and review of 116 reported cases and case series.Travel medicine and infectious diseaseReview
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Frequency, Clinical Spectrum and Outcomes of Pediatric Guillain-Barré Syndrome in India: A Multicentric Ambispective Cohort Study.Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyArticle
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Abstract
We are reporting a case of Acute Post-Infectious Flaccid paralysis also commonly known as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in a patient with confirmed COVID-19 infection. GBS often occurs following an infectious trigger which induces autoimmune reaction causing damage to peripheral nerves. So far, only 8 cases have been described in association with COVID-19. This is the first to be described in Tanzania in an African Child, and probably the first in the continent. This report is presented for clinicians to be aware and for the medical fraternity to look into this unusual presentation which may shed some more light on possible pathways of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations. We recommend that the presentation of GBS with acute respiratory distress should warrant extra precaution and a testing for COVID-19 especially when the symptoms of COVID-19 are protean.
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