Frequency of relapse of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) following various immunisations
| GBS | CIDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine | Patients | Relapses | Patients | Relapses |
| Some patients had received more than one vaccine. | ||||
| Influenza | 211 | 8 (3.8%) | 46 | 2 (4.3%) |
| Tetanus | 105 | 6 (5.7%) | 23 | 2 (8.7%) |
| Typhoid | 50 | 3 (6.0%) | 14 | 0 |
| Polio | 42 | 4 (9.5%) | 7 | 0 |
| Hepatitis A | 37 | 3 (8.1%) | 7 | 0 |
| Hepatitis B | 20 | 1 (5.0%) | 2 | 0 |
| Rabies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumococcus | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 (33.3%) |
| BCG | 8 | 2 (25.0%) | 4 | 0 |
| Yellow fever | 12 | 2 (16.7%) | 2 | 0 |
| Meningococcus | 16 | 1 (6.2%) | 4 | 0 |
| Cholera | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rubella | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 (40.0%) | 1 | 0 |
| Measles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smallpox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mumps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |