Affiliations 

  • 1 Internal Medicine, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru, MYS
  • 2 Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, MYS
  • 3 Cardiology, National Heart Institute/Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd (IJN), Kuala Lumpur, MYS
Cureus, 2023 Jun;15(6):e40957.
PMID: 37503499 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.40957

Abstract

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an uncommon neurological complication of dengue viral infection. It is more commonly reported with Campylobacter jejuni, Epstein-Barr virus, and Cytomegalovirus infection. We report an uncommon case of a 49-year-old man with dengue fever, who developed bilateral lower limb weakness and areflexia on day two of dengue illness. He was diagnosed with GBS as a sequel of dengue infection with the nerve conduction study showing evidence of demyelinating neuropathy. He recovered gradually without immunotherapy and was discharged after a week of hospitalization.

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