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Editor, Senior Moderator
Case Rep Neurol Med
. 2021 Feb 3;2021:6690643.
doi: 10.1155/2021/6690643. eCollection 2021.
Lighting Strikes Twice: Recurrent Guillain-Barr? Syndrome (GBS) after Influenza Vaccination
Gregory Griffin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brittany Cunningham[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jonathan M Beary[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yonatan Spolter[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Richard Gandee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Christopher R Newey[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS) is a rare acute demyelinating syndrome of the peripheral nervous system that is commonly preceded by infection. Vaccinations have also been associated with an increased incidence of GBS, though the risk is low. Caution with revaccination is recommended in patients with a history of GBS. Risks of revaccination compared with the risks of influenza complications should be considered. Patients who experience GBS after vaccination have not been shown to have an increased incidence of recurrent GBS after the influenza vaccine, though evidence is limited. We report a case of recurrent GBS in a patient following the influenza vaccine.
. 2021 Feb 3;2021:6690643.
doi: 10.1155/2021/6690643. eCollection 2021.
Lighting Strikes Twice: Recurrent Guillain-Barr? Syndrome (GBS) after Influenza Vaccination
Gregory Griffin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brittany Cunningham[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jonathan M Beary[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yonatan Spolter[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Richard Gandee[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Christopher R Newey[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33614175
- PMCID: PMC7875645
- DOI: 10.1155/2021/6690643
Abstract
Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS) is a rare acute demyelinating syndrome of the peripheral nervous system that is commonly preceded by infection. Vaccinations have also been associated with an increased incidence of GBS, though the risk is low. Caution with revaccination is recommended in patients with a history of GBS. Risks of revaccination compared with the risks of influenza complications should be considered. Patients who experience GBS after vaccination have not been shown to have an increased incidence of recurrent GBS after the influenza vaccine, though evidence is limited. We report a case of recurrent GBS in a patient following the influenza vaccine.