Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Detection and Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Child

Maher Khalifa*, Fairouz Zakaria, Yasser Ragab, A. Saad, Ahmed Bamaga, Yasser Emad, Johannes J. Rasker

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    Abstract

    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Physicians in China reported what is believed to be the first adult case of a SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with acute Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), followed by 5 adult Italian patients and another case in the United States. In the current report, we present one of the first descriptions of an association of GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection in a child. In our facility, an 11-year-old boy presented with typical features of GBS and, after 5 days, a morbilliform skin rash over the palms of both hands. Three weeks before the start of the neurological symptoms, the boy had experienced an episode of mild febrile illness with mild respiratory manifestations and a persistent cough. The diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed by oropharyngeal swab on reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. The disease course of our patient strongly suggests a possible relationship between the development of GBS and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The case is discussed in view of previous case reports regarding the association of GBS and COVID-19.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)510-513
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
    Volume9
    Issue number4
    Early online date11 Jul 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Sept 2020

    Keywords

    • UT-Hybrid-D

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