Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 Encephalitis in a 20-year old Healthy Female
Author(s) -
Aneeqa Babar,
Ula Lewandowski,
Ivana Capin,
Megan Khariton,
Akila Venkataraman,
Nwanneka Okolo,
Dolly Sharma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002855
Subject(s) - encephalitis , medicine , altered mental status , decompensation , covid-19 , pediatrics , viral encephalitis , virology , virus , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
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.