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. 2015 Nov 17;28(4):157–159. doi: 10.1016/j.tcmj.2015.09.007

Table 1.

Clinical features and investigations for patient 1 and patient 2.

Features Patient 1 Patient 2
Duration of preceding dengue infection (d) 4 7
Clinical presentations Bilateral lower limbs weakness Progressive ascending weakness on both lower limbs with respiratory muscle involvement
Neurological examination Distal weakness with areflexia Bilateral upper & lower limbs weakness with areflexia
Lumbar puncture & CSF findings Not performed Albuminocytologic dissociation
Nerve conduction studies Axonal motor polyneuropathy Not performed
Clinical outcome Good recovery Dead (due to ventilator-associated pneumonia)

CSF = cerebrospinal fluid.