Abstract

GONZALEZ-LOSADA, Cristóbal; VICTORIA-GARCIA, Maylin  and  DORTA-CONTRERAS, Alberto Juan. Latex agglutination method for fast Guillain-Barré syndrome’s diagnosis. Vaccimonitor [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.2, pp.67-75. ISSN 1025-028X.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome is an acute poliradiculoneuropathy with an autoimmune component, subsequent to an infectious process in vaccinated or non-vaccinated patients. From the spreading of dengue and Zika infections in the American continent it is expected a greater probability of finding patients with this post-infectious syndrome. Therefore, a rapid diagnostic test could be useful in emergency assistance centers. A quantitative latex agglutination test to detect albuminuria was modified to be used in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with presumptive diagnosis of this disease. It has been proved that the developed test can be used for diagnostic rapid of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Keywords : Guillain-Barré; agglutination; cerebrospinal fluid; autoimmune disease.

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