[Encephalitis as a neurological manifestation of COVID-19]. / Encefalitis como manifestación neurológica del COVID-19.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 157(3): 141-143, 2021 08 13.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1340761
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the different clinical manifestations of this infection pose a challenge for healthcare professionals. Respiratory involvement, the main symptom of SARS-CoV-2 infection, means that other manifestations, such as neurological, take a back seat, with the consequent delay in diagnosis and treatment. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
All COVID-19 patients admitted with neurological symptoms or diagnosed with encephalitis since March 2020 in a tertiary hospital in Zaragoza, Spain.RESULTS:
Two patients with COVID-19 infection confirmed by nasopharyngeal PCR and whose clinical picture consisted of neurological alterations compatible with encephalitis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microbiology was negative for bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 but, given the clinical suspicion of encephalitis due to the latter, antiviral treatment with immunoglobulins and plasmapheresis was started early. Despite this, the evolution was not satisfactory.CONCLUSIONS:
COVID-19 encephalitis is a recently described clinical entity, whose pathophysiology is still unknown and no treatment with clinical evidence is available to date.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Encephalitis
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COVID-19
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Med Clin (Barc)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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