SARS-CoV-2 Encephalitis in a 20-year old Healthy Female

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct;39(10):e320-e321. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002855.

Abstract

We report a 20-year-old female with SARS-CoV-2 encephalitis who presented with 4 days of upper respiratory symptoms, fevers and sudden acute altered mental status. An extensive work up led to the most likely cause for the neurologic decompensation to be viewed as SARS-CoV-2 symptomology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy
  • Encephalitis, Viral / complications*
  • Encephalitis, Viral / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis, Viral / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis
  • Mental Disorders / etiology
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Nasopharynx / virology
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult