Predictors of Mechanical Ventilation in Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Axonal Subtypes.

Background: The early clinical predictors of respiratory failure in Latin Americans with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have scarcely been studied. This is of particular importance since Latin America has a high frequency of axonal GBS variants that may imply a worse prognosis.

Methods: We studied 86 Mexican patients with GBS admitted to the , a referral center of Mexico City, to describe predictors of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV).

Chikungunya encephalitis, a case series from an endemic country.

Background: The Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) was introduced into Honduras in 2015. Since then the WHO has reported more than 14,000 suspected cases in the country.

Objective: To describe the clinical, laboratory, neuroimaging, and pathological features of CHIKV encephalitis.