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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 May 26;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201791. Online ahead of print.
Acute Cerebral Stroke With Multiple Infarctions and COVID-19, France, 2020
Souheil Zayet, Timoth?e Klopfenstein, R?bert Kovẚcs, Silviu Stancescu, Beate Hagenk?tter
Abstract
We describe 2 cases in coronavirus disease patients in France involving presumed thrombotic stroke that occurred during ongoing anticoagulation treatment for atrial fibrillation stroke prophylaxis; 1 patient had positive antiphospholipid antibodies. These cases highlight the severe and unique consequences of coronavirus disease-associated stroke.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Coronavirus diseases; France; SARS-CoV-2; central nervous system; infarction; pneumonia; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; stroke; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 May 26;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201791. Online ahead of print.
Acute Cerebral Stroke With Multiple Infarctions and COVID-19, France, 2020
Souheil Zayet, Timoth?e Klopfenstein, R?bert Kovẚcs, Silviu Stancescu, Beate Hagenk?tter
- PMID: 32453685
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.201791
Abstract
We describe 2 cases in coronavirus disease patients in France involving presumed thrombotic stroke that occurred during ongoing anticoagulation treatment for atrial fibrillation stroke prophylaxis; 1 patient had positive antiphospholipid antibodies. These cases highlight the severe and unique consequences of coronavirus disease-associated stroke.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Coronavirus diseases; France; SARS-CoV-2; central nervous system; infarction; pneumonia; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; stroke; viruses; zoonoses.