Eur J Neurol. Two patients with acute meningo-encephalitis concomitant to SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Eur J Neurol. 2020 May 7. doi: 10.1111/ene.14298. [Epub ahead of print]
Two patients with acute meningo-encephalitis concomitant to SARS-CoV-2 infection.


Bernard-Valnet R¹, Pizzarotti B¹, Anichini A¹, Demars Y², Russo E², Schmidhauser M², Cerutti-Sola J², Rossetti AO¹, Du Pasquier R¹.

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Abstract

In December 2019, a cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown cause led to the identification of a new strain of pandemic coronavirus called Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since the first SARS-CoV outbreak, human coronaviruses are known for their neurological tropism. If respiratory complications are at the forefront of clinical presentation of SARS-CoV-2, neurological involvement remains poorly described and understood. We report here two patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 who presented with neurological symptoms and signs.
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KEYWORDS:

COVID-19; Encephalitis; Meningitis; SARS-CoV-2


PMID:32383343DOI:10.1111/ene.14298