Neurological Complication of Chikungunya Fever: Guillain Barre Syndrome - A Case Report

Authors

  • Md Nazmul Hasan Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka
  • Md Atikur Rahman Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka
  • Md Abdur Rahim Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka
  • Quazi Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka
  • Md Syedul Islam Research Assistant, Department of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University,Shahbag, Dhaka

Keywords:

Chikungunya, Guillain-Barré syndrome

Abstract

Chikungunya fever has been known   as reemerging disease since 2005. Its feature is more or less like dengue fever. Major outbreak occurred in Bangladesh in 2017. Lot of complications can occur in patient suffered from it. We report a Chikungunya case presenting with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with sensory involvement and bowel- bladder dysfunction who responded to plasma pharesis. Laboratory parameters and temporality support that GBS in the complication of Chikungunya.

Bangladesh Med J. 2017 Sep; 46 (3): 97-99

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Published

2019-07-16

How to Cite

Neurological Complication of Chikungunya Fever: Guillain Barre Syndrome - A Case Report. (2019). Bangladesh Medical Journal, 46(3), 97-99. https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v46i3.42249

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 3 (2017)

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Case Reports

How to Cite

Neurological Complication of Chikungunya Fever: Guillain Barre Syndrome - A Case Report. (2019). Bangladesh Medical Journal, 46(3), 97-99. https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v46i3.42249