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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2024 Jun 9;16(6):e62009.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.62009. eCollection 2024 Jun. Acute Encephalitis During a SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report
Yousfi Samah[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ansam Milhi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sanae Elhasnaoui[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yassine Mebrouk[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
It was in December 2019 that the coronavirus causing COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China. Although the primary clinical presentation is respiratory disease, an increasing number of reports worldwide have noted various neurological manifestations, such as acute encephalitis. We present a case of a 49-year-old female admitted with afebrile impaired consciousness, diagnosed with acute encephalitis and a severe infection of COVID-19. Clinical and radiological improvement was observed following treatment with corticosteroids.
Keywords: covid-19; cytokines; encephalitis; immune-mediated; neurological complications; neurological tropism.
. 2024 Jun 9;16(6):e62009.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.62009. eCollection 2024 Jun. Acute Encephalitis During a SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report
Yousfi Samah[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ansam Milhi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sanae Elhasnaoui[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yassine Mebrouk[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38984006
- PMCID: PMC11232919
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62009
It was in December 2019 that the coronavirus causing COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China. Although the primary clinical presentation is respiratory disease, an increasing number of reports worldwide have noted various neurological manifestations, such as acute encephalitis. We present a case of a 49-year-old female admitted with afebrile impaired consciousness, diagnosed with acute encephalitis and a severe infection of COVID-19. Clinical and radiological improvement was observed following treatment with corticosteroids.
Keywords: covid-19; cytokines; encephalitis; immune-mediated; neurological complications; neurological tropism.