Guillain Barré syndrome associated to dengue in a hospital in Peru: a case report

Authors

  • Deysi Daniela Ordinola-Calle Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1996-4224
  • Wilma Contreras-Adrianzén Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú.
  • Dauma Y. Gastiaburú Rodríguez Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7402-990X
  • Carlos M. Paz Jara Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0395-7769

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20453/rnp.v88i2.5932

Keywords:

Guillain-Barre syndrome, acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy, dengue

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disabling immunologically mediated disease associated with multiple triggering agents. The dengue outbreak in Perú peaked in the second half of May 2023. The presentation of neurological complications, including immune-mediated complications, has a wide variability in its clinical manifestations and is considered a severe presentation of dengue. We present the case of a 69-year-old male patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome and positive serology for the nonstructural viral protein 1 (NS1) antigen for dengue without warning signs, who 10 days after the onset of symptoms went to the emergency room for ascending flaccid quadriparesis that in the electrodiagnostic study was classified as acute sensory-motor axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) with favorable evolution after treatment with plasma exchange.

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Author Biographies

Deysi Daniela Ordinola-Calle, Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú.

Médico neuróloga egresada de la UNMSM en el Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, actualmente parte del servicio de Neurología del Centro Médico Naval.

Wilma Contreras-Adrianzén , Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú.

Médico residente del tercer año del servicio de neurología del Centro Medico Naval

Dauma Y. Gastiaburú Rodríguez, Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú.

Medico Neuróloga  Jefe del Departamento de Medicina y del Servicio de Neurología del Centro Medico Naval.

Carlos M. Paz Jara, Centro Médico Naval «Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara». Callao, Perú.

Médico Neurólogo del servicio de Neurología y Neurofisiología del Centro Médico Naval

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2025-06-26

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Ordinola-Calle DD, Contreras-Adrianzén W, Gastiaburú Rodríguez DY, Paz Jara CM. Guillain Barré syndrome associated to dengue in a hospital in Peru: a case report. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 26 [cited 2025 Dec. 7];88(2):176-82. Available from: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/5932

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Vol. 88 No. 2 (2025): Abril-junio

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