Table 1. Clinical and laboratory findings in five patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome from whom Campylobacter jejuni was isolated and used in the current studya.
Patients | BD-39 | BD-07 | BD-10 | BD-67 | BD-94 |
Clinical characteristics | |||||
Age (years) | 30 | 40 | 15 | 40 | 10 |
Sex | F | M | M | M | F |
Diarrhoea | + | + | + | + | – |
Days to nadir | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Ophthalmoplegia | – | – | + | + | – |
Sensory deficits | – | – | – | – | – |
Motor deficits | + | + | + | + | + |
GBS disability score | |||||
At nadir | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
At 26 weeks | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Serology | |||||
Anti-GM1 IgG | + | – | – | + | – |
Anti-GD1a IgG | – | + | + | + | – |
Anti-GQ1b IgG | – | – | + | + | – |
C. jejuni serology | + | + | + | + | + |
C. jejuni isolates | |||||
Penner serotype | HS:19 | HS:19 | HS:23 | HS:23 | HS:21 |
a. Abbreviations: M, Male; F, Female; +, present; -, absent; N, normal, GBS disability score (6).