Metabolic stroke-like episode in a child with FARS2 mutation and SARS-CoV-2 positive cerebrospinal fluid

Kelly T Powers; Jonathan D Santoro

doi:10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100756

Metabolic stroke-like episode in a child with FARS2 mutation and SARS-CoV-2 positive cerebrospinal fluid

Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2021 Jun:27:100756. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100756. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Authors

Kelly T Powers¹, Jonathan D Santoro^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine at USC, USA.

Abstract

The novel SARS-CoV-2 has infected over 48 million persons around the world. Children have been spared with regards to symptoms and sequelae of this highly infectious virus and in those with neurologic issues, the virus has not been present in the cerebrospinal fluid. Here, the authors present the first case of metabolic stroke-like episode with SARS-CoV-2 present in the cerebrospinal fluid in a child with a FARS2 deficiency. This report suggests a possible association of SARS-COV-2 infection and metabolic stroke-like episode, even in the absence of a phenotype classically associated with metabolic stroke-like episodes.

Keywords: Cerebrospinal fluid; FARS2; Mitochondrial; PCR, (polymerase chain reaction); Pediatric; SARS-CoV-2; Stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports