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To the Editor: Rees et al. (Nov. 23 issue)¹ suggest that Campylobacter jejuni infection has a role in the development of Guillain–Barré syndrome. Their microbiologic and serologic data show evidence of recent C. jejuni infection in 26 percent of their patients with Guillain–Barré or Miller Fisher syndrome, as compared with 2 percent of household controls and 1 percent of age-matched hospital controls. Their study supports several previous case reports and studies of this association. However, we are seriously concerned about the possibility that the serologic diagnosis of C. jejuni infection in some cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome could have led to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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