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. 1999 Feb;122(1):15–17. doi: 10.1017/s0950268898001861

The risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome following infection with Campylobacter jejuni.

N McCarthy 1, Y Andersson 1, V Jormanainen 1, O Gustavsson 1, J Giesecke 1
PMCID: PMC2809582  PMID: 10098780

Abstract

To estimate the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following Campylobacter jejuni infection (CI) we studied three populations where outbreaks of CI had occurred involving an estimated 8000 cases. No case of GBS was detected in the 6 months following the outbreaks in the local populations. The point estimate for the risk of GBS following CI estimated in this study was 0 in 8000 (95% confidence interval 0-3).

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