COVID-19-associated immune-mediated encephalitis mimicking acute-onset Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol
; 8(12): 2314-2318, 2021 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1536111
ABSTRACT
We report a subtype of immune-mediated encephalitis associated with COVID-19, which closely mimics acute-onset sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. A 64-year-old man presented with confusion, aphasia, myoclonus, and a silent interstitial pneumonia. He tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Cognition and myoclonus rapidly deteriorated, EEG evolved to generalized periodic discharges and brain MRI showed multiple cortical DWI hyperintensities. CSF analysis was normal, except for a positive 14-3-3 protein. RT-QuIC analysis was negative. High levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines were present in the CSF and serum. Treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins produced EEG and clinical improvement, with a good neurological outcome at a 6-month follow-up.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Encephalitis
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Cohort study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Clin Transl Neurol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Acn3.51479
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