Guillaine-barre syndrome; a rare complication of melioidosis. a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Key diagnostic criteria and Brighton case definitions for Guillain-Barre’ syndrome [9]

Diagnostic criteria	Level of diagnostic certainty
Diagnostic criteria	1	2	3
Bilateral and flaccid weakness of limbs	+	+	+
Decreased or absent deep tendon reflexes in weak limbs	+	+	+
Monophasic course and time between onset-nadir 12 h to 28 days	+	+	+
CSF cell count <50/ml	+	+/−^a	-
CSF protein concentration > normal value	+	+/−^a	-
NCS findings consistent with one of the subtypes of GBS	+	+/−	-
Absence of alternative diagnosis for weakness	+	+	+

NCS nerve conduction studies, CSF Cerebro-spinal fluid
^aIf CSF is not collected or results not available, nerve electrophysiology results must be consistent with the diagnosis Guillain-Barre’ syndrome

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