Antecedent infections and vaccinations in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: A European collaborative study

• Published in: Muscle & nerve Vol. 64; no. 6; pp. 657 - 661
• Main Authors: Rajabally, Yusuf A., Peric, Stojan, Bozovic, Ivo, Loo, Lay K., Kalac, Aida, Palibrk, Aleksa, Basta, Ivana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: acute onset; Adolescent; Cerebrospinal fluid; Chronic infection; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Confidence intervals; Demyelination; Enteritis; gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - epidemiology; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - etiology; Humans; Immunization; infection; Infections; Inflammation; Influenza; Mimicry; Neuropathy; Polyneuropathy; Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating; respiratory; Vaccination; Vaccination - adverse effects; gastrointestinal; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; infection; acute onset; respiratory; vaccination
• ISSN: 0148-639X; 1097-4598; 1097-4598
• DOI: 10.1002/mus.27374

Introduction/Aims Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) may be rarely preceded by infection. A causative link remains unproven, in contrast to Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS), which is commonly postinfectious with well‐demonstrated pathophysiological mechanisms of molecular mimicry...