Fatal Guillain-Barré syndrome after the national influenza immunization program.
Autor(es): Keenlyside R. A.; Schonberger L. B.; Bregman D. J.; Bolyai J. Z.
Resumo: Fifty-eight fatal cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) were reported during the 1976 to 1977 National Influenza Program: Thirty-two (58%) of these patients had received the A/New Jersey influenza vaccine. The mean interval from vaccination to onset was 3.9 weeks, and the incidence of preceding illness in vaccinated or unvaccinated patients was similar. Fifty-eight percent had at least one chronic disease before onset. The clinical features were similar in vaccinated and unvaccinated patients. Most deaths followed medical complications of respiratory paralysis: Fifteen had pneumonia, 29 (83%) died suddenly, 15 had sudden arrhythmias or hypotension, and 7 had myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolus.
Imprenta: Neurology, v. 30, n. 9, p. 929-933, 1980
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1212/WNL.30.9.929
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Viral infections ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - virus ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Epidemiology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Immunology
Data de publicação: 1980
