Postmortem Findings in Patient with Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Zika Virus Infection.

ABSTRACT: Postmortem examination results of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome and confirmed Zika virus infection revealed demyelination of the sciatic and cranial IV nerves, providing evidence of the acute demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy Guillain-Barré syndrome variant. Lack of evidence of Zika virus in nervous tissue suggests that pathophysiology was antibody mediated without neurotropism.

SUBMITTER: Dirlikov E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5749436 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature