COVID-19-Associated Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Atypical Para-infectious Profile, Symptom Overlap, and Increased Risk of Severe Neurological Complications

Abstract The concurrence of COVID-19 with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) can increase the likelihood of neuromuscular respiratory failure, autonomic dysfunction, and other life-threatening symptoms. Currently, very little is known about the underlying mechanisms, clinical course, and prognostic implications of comorbid COVID-19 in patients with GBS. We reviewed COVID-19-associated GBS case reports published since the outbreak of the pandemic, with a database search up to August 2020, including a manual search of the reference lists for additional relevant cases. Fifty-one (51) case reports of COVID-19 patients (aged 23–84 years) diagnosed with GBS in 11 different countries were included in this review. The results revealed atypical manifestations of GBS, including para-infectious profiles and onset of GBS without antecedent COVID-19 symptoms. Although all tested patients had signs of neuroinflammation, none had SARS-CoV-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and only four (4) patients had antiganglioside antibodies. The majority had a 1- to 10-day time interval between the onset of COVID-19 and GBS symptoms, and many had a poor outcome, with 20 out of the 51 (39.2%) requiring mechanical ventilation, and two deaths within 12 to 24 h. The atypical manifestations of COVID-19-associated GBS, especially the para-infectious profile and short time interval between the onset of the COVID-19 and GBS symptoms, increase the likelihood of symptom overlap, which can complicate the treatment and result in worsened disease progression and/or higher mortality rates. Inclusion of a neurological assessment during diagnosis of COVID-19 might facilitate timely identification and effective management of the GBS symptoms and improve treatment outcome..

Medienart:	E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Erschienen:	2020

Enthalten in:	Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2
Enthalten in:	SN comprehensive clinical medicine - 2(2020), 12 vom: 21. Nov., Seite 2702-2714

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Kajumba, Mayanja M. [VerfasserIn] Kolls, Brad J. [VerfasserIn] Koltai, Deborah C. [VerfasserIn] Kaddumukasa, Mark [VerfasserIn] Kaddumukasa, Martin [VerfasserIn] Laskowitz, Daniel T. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:	Atypical COVID-19 Guillain-Barre Para-infectious Prognosis SARS-CoV-2

doi:	10.1007/s42399-020-00646-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	SPR04231142X