Guerreiro C A, Facure N O, Goncalves Junior F L, Da Silva L J, Ramos M C, Pedro R D
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1985 Jun;43(2):214-6. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1985000200015.
Case report of a patient who three weeks after a Plasmodium falciparum malaria presented the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There was a severe type of polyradiculoneuritis with tetraplegia and involvement of several cranial nerves (VI, VII, IX, X) evolving to death. The Guillain-Barré syndrome has been considered a immune disorder with several eliciting antigenic stimuli. The case suggests that protozoan may be one these antigenic factors.
