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Editor, Senior Moderator
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
. 2022 Feb 16;64:e14.
doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202264014. eCollection 2022.
COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in a Brazilian patient: case report and literature review
Francisco José Cândido da Silva[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Pablo Eliack Linhares de Holanda[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fernanda Remígio Nunes[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fábio Miyajima[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lisandra Serra Damasceno[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
. 2022 Feb 16;64:e14.
doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202264014. eCollection 2022.
COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in a Brazilian patient: case report and literature review
Francisco José Cândido da Silva[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Pablo Eliack Linhares de Holanda[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fernanda Remígio Nunes[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fábio Miyajima[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lisandra Serra Damasceno[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35195166
- DOI: 10.1590/S1678-9946202264014
Abstract
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.