Int J Infect Dis . The first case of meningitis associated to SARS-Coronavirus-2 BA.2 variant infection with persistent viremia

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Int J Infect Dis


. 2022 Sep 12;S1201-9712(22)00510-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.09.011. Online ahead of print.
The first case of meningitis associated to SARS-Coronavirus-2 BA.2 variant infection with persistent viremia


Alessandra D'Abramo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Serena Vita[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesca Colavita[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eleonora Cimini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shalom Haggiag[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Gaetano Maffongelli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Beatrice Valli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nazario Bevilacqua[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Angela Corpolongo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Letizia Giancola[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fabrizio Maggi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chiara Agrati[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Emanuele Nicastri[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 36108959
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.09.011

Abstract

Severe neurological disorders and vascular events during COronaVIrus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) have been described. Here, we describe the first case of a female patient infected with Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 Variant of Concern (VoC) meningitis with newly diagnosed central demyelinating disease.

Keywords: Blood barrier damage; COronaVIrus Disease-2019; meningitis; omicron.