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Table 1 Characteristics of published cases of GBS with antecedent Chikungunya infection

From: Guillain-barré syndrome (GBS) with antecedent chikungunya infection: a case report and literature review

Reference

Method and Year

Place

Number of cases

Age

Sex

GBS variant

Treatment

Outcome

Lebrun et al. (45)

Letter to the editor

2006

Reunion Island, France

2

51 and 48

Both females

AMSAN

IVIG

Recovered

Lemant et al. (46)

Case series

2005–2006

Reunion Island, France

1

55

Male

NR

IVIG

Recovered

Balavoine et al. (47)

Case series

2014

Martinique and Guadeloupe

13

Mean Age- 61

10 Males

3 females

7 AIDP, 2 AMSAN, 2 MFS, 2 PCB, 1 BE

IVIG, Plasmapheresis

11 Recovered, 2 died

Villamil-Gómez et al. (48)

Case report

2014

Columbia

1

77

Female

AIDP

IVIG

Recovered

Matos et al. (49)

Observational study

2014

Brazil

9

Mean Age- 44

5 Males, 4 females

7 AIDP, 2 AMAN

IVIG

Recovered

do Rosario et al. (50)

Case series

2016

Brazil

3

NR

NR

NR

IVIG

Recovered

Agarwal et al. (51)

Case report

2017

India

2

18 and 30

Both male

AMAN and AIDP

Plasmapheresis

Recovered

Mahto et al. (52)

Case report

2018

India

1

21

Female

NR

IVIG

Recovered

Hameed et al. (53)

Case report

2019

Pakistan

1

36

Female

NR

IVIG

Recovered

  1. GBS- Guillain Barre Syndrome, AIDP- “Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy,” AMAN- “Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy,” AMSAN- “Acute Motor and Sensory Axonal Neuropathy,” MFS- “Miller Fisher Syndrome,” “PCB- Pharyngeal Cervical Brachial,” BE- “Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis,” IVIG-Intravenous Immunoglobulins, NR- Not reported