Guillain-Barré syndrome after exanthem subitum

Fumi Miyake; Tetsushi Yoshikawa; Kyoko Suzuki; Masahiro Ohashi; Sadao Suga; Yoshizo Asano

doi:10.1097/00006454-200206000-00019

Guillain-Barré syndrome after exanthem subitum

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jun;21(6):569-70. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200206000-00019.

Authors

Fumi Miyake¹, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Kyoko Suzuki, Masahiro Ohashi, Sadao Suga, Yoshizo Asano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

PMID: 12182386
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200206000-00019

Abstract

A female infant developed Guillain-Barré syndrome 20 days after having exanthem subitum confirmed serologically as human herpesvirus 6 infection. DNA of human herpesvirus 6 was detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected on admission.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Exanthema Subitum / complications*
Female
Guillain-Barre Syndrome / virology*
Herpesvirus 6, Human / pathogenicity
Humans
Infant
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Roseolovirus Infections / complications*
Roseolovirus Infections / diagnosis