       Document 0288
 DOCN  M9620288
 TI    Diphtheritic neuropathy.
 DT    9602
 AU    Creange A; Meyrignac C; Roualdes B; Degos JD; Gherardi RK; Service de
       Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri; Mondor, Creteil,
       France.
 SO    Muscle Nerve. 1995 Dec;18(12):1460-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96074491
 AB    A 29-year-old Haitian man had a sore throat with a marked tonsillar
       exudate followed by the onset of increasingly blurred vision with
       swallowing difficulties and, then, a diffuse acute demyelinating
       neuropathy. Cerebrospinal fluid showed moderate pleiocytosis and
       elevated protein content. Serological testing for diphtheria, but not
       for tetanus and poliomyelitis, was markedly positive. Other tests
       including HIV1 and 2, HTLV1 and Lyme disease were negative. Diphtheritic
       neuropathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of
       Guillain-Barre syndrome in nonvaccinated patients.
 DE    Adult  Case Report  Diphtheria/COMPLICATIONS/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
       Electrophysiology  Follow-Up Studies  Human  Male  Motor Neuron
       Disease/ETIOLOGY/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Neural Conduction
       Pharyngitis/*COMPLICATIONS  Polyradiculoneuritis/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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