MULTIFOCAL MOTOR NEUROPATHY WITH CONDUCTION BLOCK AND CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI

Authors
WHITE JR SACHS GM GILCHRIST JM
Citation
Jr. White et al., MULTIFOCAL MOTOR NEUROPATHY WITH CONDUCTION BLOCK AND CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI, Neurology, 46(2), 1996, pp. 562-563
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
562 - 563
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)46:2<562:MMNWCB>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We describe a patient with acute multifocal motor neuropathy with cond uction block (MMNCB) and high titers of immunoglobulin G anti-GM1 anti bodies after Campylobacter jejuni enteritis. Treatment with intravenou s immune globulin led to rapid improvement with return of normal funct ion by 6 weeks. This is the first report of C. jejuni enteritis preced ing MMNCB.