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Isolation From CSF of a Patient With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Gustavo Román, MD; C. Alan Phillips, MD; Charles M. Poser, MD

JAMA. 1978;240(15):1613-1615.

Abstract
We report the isolation of parainfluenza virus type 3 from the CSF of a 19-year-old man with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Although parainfluenza viruses are usually associated with respiratory tract illnesses, some strains show a neurotropism not previously appreciated. Thus, parainfluenza viruses may be responsible for a portion of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

(JAMA 240:1613-1615, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs Román and Poser) and Medicine (Dr Phillips), University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to C-317 Given Medical Bldg, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401 (Dr Phillips).

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