Open AccessViral Meningitis Associated With COVID-19 in a 9-year-old Child: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Koroush Yousefi,
Salar Poorbarat,
Zohreh Abasi,
Shaban Rahimi,
Ali Khakshour
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.0000000000002979
Subject(s) - viral meningitis , medicine , meningitis , covid-19 , pediatrics , emergency department , disease , coronavirus , viral infection , virology , bacterial meningitis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virus , outbreak , psychiatry
We report first viral meningitis associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a patient hospitalized at Imam Hassan Hospital in Bojnurd. The patient was a 9-year-old child with no history of internal disease who referred to the emergency with a complaint of fever, headache and low back pain, about 3 days after the onset of symptoms. finally, viral meningitis was diagnosed with COVID-19.