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Case Reports
. 2023 Jun 25;15(6):e40957.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.40957. eCollection 2023 Jun.

A Rare Combination: Dengue Fever Complicated With Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Chee Siew Lim  1 , Neerusha Kaisbain  2 , Wei Juan Lim  3
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Case Reports

A Rare Combination: Dengue Fever Complicated With Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Chee Siew Lim et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon neurological complication of dengue viral infection. It is more commonly reported with Campylobacter jejuni, Epstein-Barr virus, and Cytomegalovirus infection. We report an uncommon case of a 49-year-old man with dengue fever, who developed bilateral lower limb weakness and areflexia on day two of dengue illness. He was diagnosed with GBS as a sequel of dengue infection with the nerve conduction study showing evidence of demyelinating neuropathy. He recovered gradually without immunotherapy and was discharged after a week of hospitalization.

Keywords: case report; dengue fever; guillain-barre syndrome; nerve conduction study; neurology.

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