UNUSUAL NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF TYPHOID-FEVER (APHASIA, MONONEURITIS MULTIPLEX, AND GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME) - A REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
OZEN H CEMEROGLU P ECEVIT Z SECMEER G KANRA G
Citation
H. Ozen et al., UNUSUAL NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF TYPHOID-FEVER (APHASIA, MONONEURITIS MULTIPLEX, AND GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME) - A REPORT OF 2 CASES, Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 35(2), 1993, pp. 141-144
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00414301
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
141 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-4301(1993)35:2<141:UNCOT(>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Although typhoid fever can frequently lead to such neurological manife stations as confusion, delirium, and encephalopathy, Guillain-Barre sy ndrome, aphasia and mononeuritis multiplex occur very rarely. In this report, we describe two patients with typhoid fever who developed thes e unusual complications.