Guillain-Barré syndrome and ulceroglandular tularemia

Infection. 2013 Aug;41(4):881-3. doi: 10.1007/s15010-013-0466-3. Epub 2013 May 28.

Abstract

Francisella tularensis is a small Gram-negative aerobic intracellular bacterium that should be considered as a possible pathogen in patients with fever, pharyngitis, and lymphadenopathia. Central nervous system manifestations have been rarely reported. We describe a patient who developed serious Guillain-Barré polyneuropathy as a rare complication of ulceroglandular tularemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Francisella tularensis / isolation & purification*
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / pathology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Tularemia / complications*
  • Tularemia / diagnosis*
  • Tularemia / pathology