An acute polyneuropathy that commonly follows a nonspecific infection occurring 10 to 14 days earlier and that primarily affects the motor and autonomic peripheral nerves in an ascending pat-tern is:
a. cerebral palsy.
b. HIV encephalopathy.
c. Guillain-Barré syndrome.
d. Rett syndrome.
C
Guillain-Barré syndrome—acute idiopathic polyneuritis—is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy that commonly follows a nonspecific infection that occurred 10 to 14 days earlier. It is characterized by ascending symmetric weakness with sensation preserved. An increase in severity occurs over days or weeks. A decrease in or absent strength and sensory loss may result, along with motor paralysis and respiratory muscle failure.
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