{"title":"Human parvovirus B19 as an unusual cause of Guillain-Barré syndrome: A case report","authors":"Elisa Creuzet , Wendy Pulby , Claire Dupuis , Christine Archimbaud , Amélie Brebion , Hélène Chabrolles , Mathilde Picard , Christel Regagnon , Audrey Mirand , Bertrand Souweine , Cécile Henquell","doi":"10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e02135","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is rarely observed in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome. We report the case of a patient with rapidly progressive functional impotence of the limbs. B19V was detected in both blood and CSF samples. The patient improved clinically after plasma exchanges, but mild functional impotence persisted 2 months later.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47045,"journal":{"name":"IDCases","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article e02135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11728891/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IDCases","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250924002117","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Human Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is rarely observed in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome. We report the case of a patient with rapidly progressive functional impotence of the limbs. B19V was detected in both blood and CSF samples. The patient improved clinically after plasma exchanges, but mild functional impotence persisted 2 months later.