PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Silas Webb
AU  - Victoria CJ Wallace
AU  - David Martin-Lopez
AU  - Mahinda Yogarajah
TI  - Guillain-Barré syndrome following COVID-19: a newly emerging post-infectious complication
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-236182
DP  - 2020 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e236182
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/6/e236182.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/6/e236182.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2020 Jun 01; 13
AB  - A 57-year-old man presented with a progressive flaccid symmetrical motor and sensory neuropathy following a 1-week history of cough and malaise. He was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome secondary to COVID-19 and started on intravenous immunoglobulin. He proceeded to have worsening respiratory function and needed intubation and mechanical ventilation. This is the first reported case of this rare neurological complication of COVID-19 in the UK, but it adds to a small but growing body of international evidence to suggest a significant association between these two conditions. Increasing appreciation of this by clinicians will ensure earlier diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of patients presenting with this.