[Five cases of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis accompanied with Guillain-Barré syndrome]

17 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) were admitted to The First Hospital of Beijing Medical University and Baoding Hospital from July, 1991 to October, 1992. Five patients had diarrhea before the onset of GBS and showed positive reaction for serum IgM antibodies to Campylobacter jejuni. They were considered to have Campylobacter jejuni enteritis as well. This incidence of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in GBS patients was higher than in those with other neurological diseases and in normal controls. These five patients were all from countryside and had their onset in the summer and autumn. Moreover, four of them were below twenty-four years old. The epidemiological pattern was quite similar to that of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in China. Our data showed the close association between GBS and Campylobacter jejuni enteritis and the possible mechanism was discussed.