Volume : 7, Issue : 12, December - 2018

Dengue and Chikungunya with GBS:A Rare association.

Dr. Shachi Patel, Dr. Deepa A. Banker, Dr. Krupa Vekaria, Dr. Beenu Saini, Dr. Himanshu Shah

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;&#10;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune inflammatory polyneuropathy, which usually develops following infectious diseases. It is a rare complication of dengue fever, in particular, GBS following combined Dengue and Chikungunya infection is extremely rare. We hereby report a patient with combined Dengue and Chikungunya fever in association of GBS.The main concern in this case was the sudden development of paresis, which was responsive to <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>immunoglobulin therapy .<o:p></o:p></span></p>