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Editor, Senior Moderator
Psychiatry Res Commun
. 2021 Dec;1(2):100004.
doi: 10.1016/j.psycom.2021.100004. Epub 2021 Oct 28.
Neuropsychiatric presentation of Covid-19-related encephalitis: Case report
Marco Orsini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fábio Henrique de Gobbi Porto[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jacqueline Fernandes do Nascimento[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Covid-19-related encephalitis is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by a combination of clinical, laboratory, and imaging features related to inflammation of the brain, where the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is presumably the causative agent. We reported a case of Covid-19-related encephalitis presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms, including intense agitation. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction in cerebrospinal fluid was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Our case expands the literature about neurologic manifestations of Covid-19 and emphasizes the possibility of prominent behavioral symptoms as the initial manifestation.
Keywords: Agitation; Covid-19-related encephalitis; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; SARS-CoV-2 infection.
. 2021 Dec;1(2):100004.
doi: 10.1016/j.psycom.2021.100004. Epub 2021 Oct 28.
Neuropsychiatric presentation of Covid-19-related encephalitis: Case report
Marco Orsini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fábio Henrique de Gobbi Porto[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jacqueline Fernandes do Nascimento[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34977909
- PMCID: PMC8552702
- DOI: 10.1016/j.psycom.2021.100004
Abstract
Covid-19-related encephalitis is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by a combination of clinical, laboratory, and imaging features related to inflammation of the brain, where the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is presumably the causative agent. We reported a case of Covid-19-related encephalitis presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms, including intense agitation. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction in cerebrospinal fluid was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Our case expands the literature about neurologic manifestations of Covid-19 and emphasizes the possibility of prominent behavioral symptoms as the initial manifestation.
Keywords: Agitation; Covid-19-related encephalitis; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; SARS-CoV-2 infection.