Alex Y. Doets, Christine Verboon, Bianca van den Berg, Thomas Harbo et al.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a heterogeneous disorder regarding the clinical presentation, electrophysiological subtype and outcome. Previous single country reports indicate that Guillain-Barré syndrome may differ among regions, but no systematic comparative studies have been conducted. Comparative st...
Zhahirul Islam, Bart C. Jacobs, Alex van Belkum, Quazi Deen Mohammad et al.
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni enteritis is the predominant bacterial infection preceding Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an acute postinfectious immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy. The purpose of this study was to define the clinical phenotype of GBS and the relation with preceding C jejuni in...
James J. Sejvar, Jahangir Hossain, S K Saha, Emily S. Gurley et al.
OBJECTIVE: Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging zoonosis. Central nervous system disease frequently results in high case-fatality. Long-term neurological assessments of survivors are limited. We assessed long-term neurologic and functional outcomes of 22 patients surviving NiV illness in Bangladesh. MET...
Badrul Haque, Kazi Mohibur Rahman, Azharul Hoque, ATM Hasibul Hasan et al.
BACKGROUND: To determine the differences of precipitating and relieving factors between migraine and tension type headache. METHODS: This is a cross sectional study. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 250 migraine patients and 250 patients diagnosed as tension type headache from the speciali...
Badrul Alam Mondol, MMR Siddiqui, Quazi Deen Mohammad, N. Saha et al.
Tuberculosis can involve any organ system of the body. Although rare tuberculosis of nervous system (NS) is not uncommon in our country. In the nervous system tubercle bacilli can cause tuberculous meningitis, abscess , tuberculoma in brain & spinal cord. Untreated Central Nervous System (CNS) tuber...
Nowshin Papri, Zhahirul Islam, Sonja E. Leonhard, Quazi Deen Mohammad et al.
The epidemiology, clinical characteristics, management and outcome of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) differ between low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC). At present, limited data are available on GBS in LMIC and the true incidence of GBS in many LMIC remains u...
Christine Verboon, Alex Y. Doets, Giuliana Galassi, Amy Davidson et al.
OBJECTIVE: To define the current treatment practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). METHODS: The study was based on prospective observational data from the first 1,300 patients included in the International GBS Outcome Study. We described the treatment practice of GBS in general, and for (1) sever...
Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Zhahirul Islam, Quazi Deen Mohammad, Bart C. Jacobs et al.
Alex Y. Doets, Hester F. Lingsma, Christa Walgaard, Badrul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The clinical course and outcome of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are diverse and vary among regions. The modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score (mEGOS), developed with data from Dutch patients, is a clinical model that predicts the risk of walking inability in patients wit...
Zhahirul Islam, Michel Gilbert, Quazi Deen Mohammad, Kevin Klaij et al.
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni is the predominant antecedent infection in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Molecular mimicry and cross-reactive immune responses to C. jejuni lipo-oligosaccharides (LOS) precipitate the development of GBS, although this mechanism has not been established in patients f...
Helle Al-Hakem, Alex Y. Doets, Amro Stino, Sasha Živković et al.
<h3>Objective:</h3> To investigate cerebrospinal fluid findings in relation to clinical and electrodiagnostic subtypes, severity, and outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome based on 1500 patients in the International GBS Outcome Study. <h3>Methods:</h3> Albuminocytological dissociation was defined as an...
Zhahirul Islam, Nowshin Papri, Gulshan Ara, Tanveen Ishaque et al.
Abstract Objective We investigated clinical, biological, and electrophysiological risk factors for mechanical ventilation (MV) and patient outcomes in Bangladesh using one of the largest, prospective Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS) cohorts in developing world. Methods A total of 693 GBS patients were ...
Badrul Islam, Zhahirul Islam, Shafiqur Rahman, Hubert P. Endtz et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and feasibility of small volume plasma exchange (SVPE) for patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). DESIGN: Non-randomised, single-arm, interventional trial. SETTING: National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty adult (...
Badrul Islam, Zhahirul Islam, Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Israt Jahan et al.
We describe the frequency, clinical features, and electrophysiological and immunological phenotypes of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) patients treated at a single institution in Bangladesh who had preceding chicken pox (primary Varicella-zoster virus [VZV] infection) within 4 weeks of GBS onset. A li...
Quazi Deen Mohammad, Mahir Habib, Md. Azizul Hoque, Billal Alam et al.
Number of elderly persons gradually increased in Bangladesh due to improved health awareness and health care. Age is the single most important risk factor for stroke. This study aims at finding the prevalence of stroke in a Bangladeshi population aged forty years and above. The cases of stroke were ...