A guillain-barre syndrome revealing cutaneous leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent adolescent

A guillain-barre syndrome revealing cutaneous leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent adolescent

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy, that often follows an antecedent infection. Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis due to a flagellate protozoan of the Leishmania genus and transmitted by the sandfly. Here we report a 15 years old teenager who presented with an asce...

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Main Authors: Mamadou Ka, Alassane Mamadou Diop, Ahmadou Bamba Mbodji, Ndiaga Matar Gaye, Khalifa Ababacar Mbaye, Rokhaya Diagne, Serigne Abdou Aziz Fall, Mamadou Moustapha Sarr, Lala Bouna Seck, Moustapaha Ndiaye1, Amadou Gallo Diop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAMJ 2020-05-01
Series:PAMJ Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
acute autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy
cutaneous leishmaniasis
immunocompetent adolescent
Online Access: https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/6/pdf/6.pdf

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