A first case of meningitis/encephalitis associated with SARS-Coronavirus-2
By T. Moriguchi, N. Harii, Junko Goto, Daiki Harada, H. Sugawara, J. Takamino, Masateru Ueno, Hiroki Sakata, Kengo Kondo, Natsuhiko Myose and 19 more. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
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Highlights • Novel coronavirus (SARS-Coronavirus-2:SARS-CoV-2) which emerged in Wuhan, China, has spread to multiple countries rapidly.• This is the first case of meningitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 who was brought in by ambulance.• The specific SARS-CoV-2 RNA was not detected in the nasopharyngeal swab but was detected in a CSF.• This case warns the physicians of patients who have CNS symptoms.
Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Neurology
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