Viral Meningitis Associated With COVID-19 in a 9-year-old Child: A Case Report

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):e87-e98. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002979.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / physiopathology*
  • Child
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Fever
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Low Back Pain
  • Meningitis, Viral / complications*
  • Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis
  • Meningitis, Viral / physiopathology*
  • Meningitis, Viral / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Thorax / diagnostic imaging