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SUBMITTER: El-Zein RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476417 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
El-Zein Rayan S RS Cardinali Serge S Murphy Christie C Keeling Thomas T
BMJ case reports 20200906 9
A 40-year-old man presented with altered mental status after a recenthospitalisation for COVID-19 pneumonia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed lymphocytosis concerning for viral infection. The CSF PCR for SARS-CoV-2 was negative, yet this could not exclude COVID-19 meningoencephalitis. During hospitalisation, the patient's mentation deteriorated further requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Brain imaging and electroencephalogram (EEG) were unremarkable. He was, thus, trea ...[more]