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9890808

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
We performed a case-control study to investigate the association between Campylobacter jejuni (CJ) infection and Guillain-Barr| syndrome (GBS) or Miller-Fisher syndrome. We compared 60 cases with 109 hospital controls matched for age, gender, hospital and geographical location. To diagnose the CJ infection, we considered the association between serologic positivity for CJ and a previous diarrheal illness within 3 months of inclusion in the study. Fifteen percent of cases versus 5% of hospital controls had CJ infection (p < 0.003, OR = 3.96, 95% CI: 1.0817.85). However, CJ infection was related to GBS only if it occurred during the previous month (p< 0.001, OR = 7.29, 95% CI: 1.4371.28). No statistical differences were found between the cases who were positive for CJ infection and those who were negative for CJ infection when studied by stepwise multivariate logistic regression for age, gender, clinical and electrophysiological features and outcome. Recent CJ infection may be a risk factor for GBS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0251-5350
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
296-302
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Campylobacter jejuni infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case-control study. Emilia-Romagna Study Group on Clinical and Epidemiological problems in neurology.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Neurology, Neuroepidemiology Unit, via Foscolo, 7 Bologna,Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study