Case 50-1984

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Presentation of CaseA 53-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of fever and rapid neurologic deterioration.He was well until 10 months earlier, when he was admitted to this hospital because of progressive symmetric, ascending motor weakness and areflexia, which followed a diarrheal illness. A lumbar puncture yielded clear, colorless, acellular cerebrospinal fluid that contained 63 mg per 100 ml (3.5 mmol per liter) of glucose and 54 mg per 100 ml of protein. A diagnosis of the Guillain–Barré syndrome was made. Elective tracheal intubation was performed because of ventilatory inadequacy. The hospital course was complicated by staphylococcal . . .