COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in a Brazilian patient: case report and literature review

The global pandemic of COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which often causes flu-like symptoms and can progress to severe respiratory illness. Thus, as the disease spreads, COVID-19 cases have multiplied across the world, and manifestations involving multiple systems have been d...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Francisco José Cândido, Farias, Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha, de Holanda, Pablo Eliack Linhares, Nunes, Fernanda Remígio, Miyajima, Fábio, Damasceno, Lisandra Serra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35195166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202264014
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Sumario:The global pandemic of COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which often causes flu-like symptoms and can progress to severe respiratory illness. Thus, as the disease spreads, COVID-19 cases have multiplied across the world, and manifestations involving multiple systems have been described. We report a case of COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in a Brazilian male patient who presented with seizures and altered mental status. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in Brazil. COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis is a rare manifestation of this viral infection and clinicians should be aware of this possible complication.

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