Open AccessCOVID-19 Presenting with Seizures
Author(s) -
Sandeep Sohal,
Mossammat Mansur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
idcases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2214-2509
DOI - 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00782
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , encephalitis , respiratory failure , pediatrics , epilepsy , intensive care medicine , déjà vu , anesthesia , virology , psychiatry , pathology , virus , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
This case report examines a male with no previous history of seizures initially admitting to the medical service later upgraded to ICU after respiratory failure developing multiple episodes of seizures. Laboratory values on admission, neurological investigations, as well as review of current literature on COVID-19 encephalitis is provided.