Table 2.
Patient‐age/sex | Month | Antecedent illness | Recent vaccination | Antibodies | Clinical features | Mech vent | Treatment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10‐67/F | Jan | No | No |
GD1b: 146 GQ1b: 478 |
Ophthalmoplegia, No Limb weakness, Mild Dysphagia, Mild Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty |
No | IVIG |
11‐29/F | Feb | No | No | AsialoGM1: 63 |
Pregnant, Mild Ophthalmoplegia, No Limb Weakness, No Dysphagia, Mild Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty |
No | No treatment |
12‐59/M | Mar | No | No | GD1b: 373 |
Ophthalmoplegia, Dysphagia, Dysarthria No Respiratory Difficulty, Mild Limb Weakness |
No | IVIG |
13‐41/M | Apr | No | No | GQ1b: 496 |
Ophthalmoplegia, No Dysphagia, No Dysarthria, Lower Extremity Weakness, Relative Sparing of Upper Extremity, a GBS‐MFv Overlap |
No | Plasma Exchange |
14‐23/F | May | No | Yes | GQ1b: 51 |
Mild Ophthalmoplegia, No Limb Weakness, No Dysphagia, No Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty |
No | IVIG |
15‐53/M | Jun | No | No | GQ1b: 68 |
Ophthalmoplegia, Mod Bulbar Weakness Mild Limb Weakness Mild Ataxia, A GBS‐MFv Overlap |
No | IVIG |
16‐62/F | Sept | No | Yes (unknown date) | GD1a: 68 |
Ophthalmoplegia, No Limb weakness, Mild Dysphagia, Mild Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty |
No | IVIG |
17‐38/F | Dec | No | No | GD1a: 84 |
Ophthalmoplegia, No Limb weakness, Mild Dysphagia, Mild Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty Profound Lethargy, Positive MRI Brainstem Lesion Bickerstaff‐MFv Overlap |
No | Plasma Exchange |
Summary of MFv cases seen at Adventist Health White Memorial (AHWM) and California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) in 2015. Details of each case are detailed, including month of illness, presence of antecedent illness, recent vaccinations, ganglioside antibody panel, clinical features of illness, need for mechanical ventilation, and treatment received.