MINITASK 5

An 11-year-old boy with normal psychomotor development, normal sickness rate, negative family
history

4 weeks ago he endured a Campylobacter infection (confirmed microbiologically) with a benign course

Over the past 3 days progressive weakness of the lower extremities occured limiting the walk

He´s sent by an experienced GP to confirm/exclude the GBS

A)   What does the abbreviation GBS mean and to what larger group of diseases does it belong ?

B)   What clinical neurological findings would support the suspicion for GBS ?

C)   What paraclinical examinations would you recommend and what findings are typical for GBS ?

D)  The first line treatment in GBS ?