Case Report: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Cerebrospinal Fluid in a 34-Month-Old Child With Encephalitis

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Seyed Ahmad Hosseini¹  Fatemeh Cheraghali¹  Mohammad Hadi Gharib²  Hadi Razavi Nikoo³  Abdolvahab Moradi³  Alijan Tabarraei³  Alireza Tahamtan⁴ 

[1] Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Taleghani Children's Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran;Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, 5th Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran;Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran;Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran;Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran;

关键词: SARS-CoV-2;    COVID-19;    pediatrics;    CSF;    case report;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2021.565778

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2: SARS-CoV-2), which arose from Wuhan, China, has rapidly spread to other countries and developed into a pandemic. Although the respiratory manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 are well-documented, there is a considerable challenge regarding the direct and/or indirect infection in other organs. Several preliminary reports confirmed neurological manifestations in the SARS-CoV-2-infected patients. Here, we report the detection of SARS-CoV-2 from the nasopharyngeal swab and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a 34-month-old child with encephalitis. This finding expands the spectrum of the neurological manifestations associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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