Guillain-Barre syndrome in a patient of acute Hepatitis E virus infection associated with genotype 1: Case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis E is a serious public health problem in developing countries. Most of the patients with Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection present with typical acute hepatitis symptoms. However, in few patients it may lead to complications such as liver failure and extrahepatic symptoms. One of the rare extrahepatic presentations of this infection is neurological complications such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) which is observed in 5.5% of HEV infected patients (mainly in developed countries). Moreover, only genotype (gt) 3 HEV was found in association with GBS among patients in developed countries whereas molecular characterisation of HEV cases detected from developing countries have not been reported till now. Here, we are reporting a case of GBS as an extrahepatic complication of HEV associ

SUBMITTER: Choudhary MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6409121 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature