Neurological complication of antirabies vaccination in São Paulo, Brazil. Clinical and therapeutical aspects.
Autor(es): Assis J. L.
Resumo: The author studied especially the clinical aspects and therapeutic results in 73 patients with neurological complication of anti-rabies vaccination. The neuroparalytic accidents and the most constant neurologic signs and symptoms were emphasized. The most common clinical syndrome was thoraco-lumbar meningomyelitis and there were CSF alterations in 88% of the cases studied. Eighteen patients presented neurologic complications after Fuenzalida vaccine: only 1 of them had Guillain-Barré syndrome, 1 had meningoradiculitis, 4 had myelitis and in the other 12 cases there was diffuse involvement of the nervous system especially of the spinal cord and meninges (meningomyelitis and meningoencephalomyelitis).
Imprenta: Journal of the Neurological Sciences, v. 26, n. 4, p. 593-598, 1975
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1016/0022-510X(75)90061-1
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Proteins ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Inflammation ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Viral infections ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Vaccine ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Public health
Data de publicação: 1975
