Does High Poultry Intake Serve as a Potential Risk Factor for Recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Childhood?
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Abstract
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is characterized by the onset of weakness following a nonspecific gastrointestinal or respiratory infection. Generally, GBS cases are monophasic, with recurrences being a rarity. The exact mechanisms and causes behind recurrent GBS are still not completely understood. There are only a few comprehensive reports of individuals who have been infected with Campylobacter jejuni and subsequently developed GBS on both occasions. In this case report, we discussed a case involving a 17-year-old boy who experienced recurrent GBS, having first encountered the syndrome at the age of 5 years and later at 17years of age (present episode) which was more severe with a noted history of excessive poultry intake.
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