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Editor, Senior Moderator
Psychiatry Res Commun
. 2022 Mar;2(1):100029.
doi: 10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100029. Epub 2022 Feb 22.
Seizure and neuropsychiatric compromise as onset of SARS-CoV-2 associated encephalitis
Josef Finsterer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fulvio A Scorza[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Infectious SARS-CoV-2 meningitis is rare, especially as the first manifestation of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Infectious SARS-CoV-2 meningitis can initially manifest with seizures and neuropsychiatric abnormalities, worsen to the point of coma, and occasionally lead to death. Patients with infectious SARS-CoV-2 meningitis require comprehensive evaluation and forced treatment in order to improve the often poor outcome.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease-19; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebro-spinal fluid; EEG, electroencephalography; Encephalitis; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe, acute respiartory syndrome coronavirus-2; SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography; Seizures; VST, venous sinus thrombosis.
. 2022 Mar;2(1):100029.
doi: 10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100029. Epub 2022 Feb 22.
Seizure and neuropsychiatric compromise as onset of SARS-CoV-2 associated encephalitis
Josef Finsterer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fulvio A Scorza[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35224562
- PMCID: PMC8863329
- DOI: 10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100029
Abstract
Infectious SARS-CoV-2 meningitis is rare, especially as the first manifestation of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Infectious SARS-CoV-2 meningitis can initially manifest with seizures and neuropsychiatric abnormalities, worsen to the point of coma, and occasionally lead to death. Patients with infectious SARS-CoV-2 meningitis require comprehensive evaluation and forced treatment in order to improve the often poor outcome.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease-19; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebro-spinal fluid; EEG, electroencephalography; Encephalitis; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe, acute respiartory syndrome coronavirus-2; SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography; Seizures; VST, venous sinus thrombosis.