id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-005752-tur57xd9 Linden, Saara Parechovirus infection preceding Guillain–Barré syndrome 2012-05-12 .txt text/plain 1307 87 49 Since the near global eradication of poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has become the most common cause of acute neuromuscular paralysis. Recent Campylobacter jejuni infection is discovered in 30 % of GBS patients (Poropatich et al. In this case report, we describe a 36-year-old male Finnish patient with GBS, who had a parechovirus infection preceding the neurological illness. Picornavirus PCR was positive from a stool sample taken on the day following hospitalization. Our patient had a mild clinical parechovirus infection preceding GBS. jejuni infection preceding GBS include serological evidence of C. jejuni IgG antibody titer≥1:2,000 by ELISA test) and a definite history of diarrhea within the previous 3 weeks of GBS onset (Kuwabara et al. It remains unproven whether HPeV had any causative role in triggering autoimmunity in our patient, but no other acute or recent microbial infections were detected. Epidemiology and clinical associations of human parechovirus respiratory infections ./cache/cord-005752-tur57xd9.txt ./txt/cord-005752-tur57xd9.txt