Author(s):
Souza, Cintya de Oliveira ; Vieira, Marcelo A. C. S ; Batista, Francisca M. A ; Eul?lio, Kelsen D ; Neves, J?ssica M. M ; S?, La?s C ; Monteiro, Leni C. R ; Almeida Neto, Walfrido S ; Azevedo, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva ; Costa, Dorcas L ; Cruz, Ana Cec?lia Ribeiro
Date: 2018
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): S?ndrome de Guillain-Barr? / diagn?stico; Infec??es por Campylobacter / parasitologia; Vigil?ncia Epidemiol?gica; Ensaio de Imunoadsor??o Enzim?tica / m?todos; Saneamento B?sico; Higiene dos Alimentos; Manipula??o de Alimentos; Biomarcadores; Piau? (PI)
Description
The Instituto Evandro Chagas provided a grant for this study, as well as Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient??fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) and Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado do Piau? (FAPEPI).
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Teresina Municipal Health Secretariat. Department of Health Surveillance. Teresina, PI, Brazil / Piau? State Health Secretariat. Natan Portella Institute of Tropical Medicine. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Piau? State Health Secretariat. Department of Health Surveillance. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Teresina Municipal Health Secretariat. Department of Health Surveillance. Teresina, PI, Brazil / Piau? State Health Secretariat. Natan Portella Institute of Tropical Medicine. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Novafapi University. Medicine School. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Piau? State University Hospital. Department of Health Surveillance. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Piau? State Health Secretariat. Natan Portella Institute of Tropical Medicine. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Federal University of Piau?. Department of Mother and Child Health. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
In countries where poliomyelitis has been eradicated, Guillain?Barr? syndrome (GBS) is the leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis. The range of infections that precede GBS in Brazil is unknown. Campylobacter jejuni infection is the most frequent trigger of GBS worldwide. Given the lack of systematic surveillance of diarrheal diseases, particularly in adults, the incidence of enteritis caused by C. jejuni in developing countries is unknown. From 2014 to 2016, pretreatment serum samples from 63 GBS patients were tested by immunoglobulin M (IgM) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for C. jejuni. Campylobacter jejuni IgM antibodies were detected in 17% (11/63) of the samples. There was no association between serological positivity (IgM) for C. jejuni and the occurrence of diarrhea among the investigated cases (P = 0.36). Hygiene measures, basic sanitation, and precautions during handling and preparation of food of animal origin may help prevent acute flaccid paralysis.
