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Headache and pleocytosis in CSF associated with COVID-19: case report

In December 2019, a new coronavirus infection was identified in China. Although the clinical presentation of COVID-19 is predominantly respiratory, more than 35%% of patients have neurological symptoms. We report an elderly female with asthenia, dry cough, anosmia, ageusia, fever, nausea, and a seve...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira, Felipe Araújo Andrade, Palmeira, Danylo César Correia, Rocha-Filho, Pedro Augusto Sampaio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7462730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32875474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04694-x
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description In December 2019, a new coronavirus infection was identified in China. Although the clinical presentation of COVID-19 is predominantly respiratory, more than 35%% of patients have neurological symptoms. We report an elderly female with asthenia, dry cough, anosmia, ageusia, fever, nausea, and a severe and persistent headache. She had confirmed COVID-19 using the nasal swab RT-PCR technique. Her cranial tomography was normal. The CSF analysis demonstrated a cell count of 21 cells/mm(3) (80% lymphocytes and 20% monocytes), 34 mg/dl protein, and 79 mg/dl glucose. She improved after 4 days. Our report draws attention to the meningeal involvement of SARS-Cov-2.
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spelling pubmed-74627302020-09-02 Headache and pleocytosis in CSF associated with COVID-19: case report de Oliveira, Felipe Araújo Andrade Palmeira, Danylo César Correia Rocha-Filho, Pedro Augusto Sampaio Neurol Sci Covid-19 In December 2019, a new coronavirus infection was identified in China. Although the clinical presentation of COVID-19 is predominantly respiratory, more than 35%% of patients have neurological symptoms. We report an elderly female with asthenia, dry cough, anosmia, ageusia, fever, nausea, and a severe and persistent headache. She had confirmed COVID-19 using the nasal swab RT-PCR technique. Her cranial tomography was normal. The CSF analysis demonstrated a cell count of 21 cells/mm(3) (80% lymphocytes and 20% monocytes), 34 mg/dl protein, and 79 mg/dl glucose. She improved after 4 days. Our report draws attention to the meningeal involvement of SARS-Cov-2. Springer International Publishing 2020-09-02 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7462730/ /pubmed/32875474 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04694-x Text en © Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_full Headache and pleocytosis in CSF associated with COVID-19: case report
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title_short Headache and pleocytosis in CSF associated with COVID-19: case report
title_sort headache and pleocytosis in csf associated with covid-19: case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7462730/
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