Miller-Fisher syndrome associated with Campylobacter jejuni bearing lipopolysaccharide molecules that mimic human ganglioside GD3

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2945-2949

  Salloway, S ^a   Mermel, L A ^a   Seamans, M ^a   Aspinall, G O ^b   Nam Shin, J E ^b,d   Kurjanczyk, L A ^c   Penner, J L ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; GALACTOSE; GANGLIOSIDE GD3; SIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030017016     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2945-2949.1996     Document Type: Article

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