Possible Central Nervous System Infection by SARS Coronavirus

On day 22 of illness, generalized tonic-clonic convulsion developed in a 32-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Cerebrospinal fluid tested positive for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction. SARS-CoV may have caused an infection in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lau, Kwok-Kwong, Yu, Wai-Cho, Chu, Chung-Ming, Lau, Suet-Ting, Sheng, Bun, Yuen, Kwok-Yung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030638
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Sumario:On day 22 of illness, generalized tonic-clonic convulsion developed in a 32-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Cerebrospinal fluid tested positive for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction. SARS-CoV may have caused an infection in the central nervous system in this patient.

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