Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19

Abstract Background COVID-19 is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus SARS-CoV-2. It is widely recognized as a respiratory pathogen, but neurologic complications can be the presenting manifestation in a subset of infected patients. Case presentation We describe a 78-year old immunoco...

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Main Authors: Shelli Farhadian, Laura R. Glick, Chantal B. F. Vogels, Jared Thomas, Jennifer Chiarella, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, Jing Zhou, Camila Odio, Pavithra Vijayakumar, Bertie Geng, John Fournier, Santos Bermejo, Joseph R. Fauver, Tara Alpert, Anne L. Wyllie, Cynthia Turcotte, Matthew Steinle, Patrick Paczkowski, Charles Dela Cruz, Craig Wilen, Albert I. Ko, Sean MacKay, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Serena Spudich, Lydia Aoun Barakat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Neurology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-020-01812-2