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Human immunodeficiency virus and Guillain 'Barre' syndrome in intensive care unit patients

H M Chinyanga1, R F Danha

  • 1Department of Anaesthetics, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare.

The Central African Journal of Medicine
|February 1, 1992
PubMed

Among 155 medical admissions to the intensive care unit during the period 1989 to 1990, 16 patients had Guillain-'Barre' Syndrome (GBS), five of whom were HIV positive. Out of the five cases, three had manifested herpes zoster and one had TB. The impact of HIV infection o GBS is discussed.

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