SARS-CoV-2 infection with pneumonia and encephalitis

Muhammad Hassan; Fibhaa Syed; Haris Majid Rajput; Hafiza Faiza Mushtaq; Naveed Ullah Khan; Mazhar Badshah

doi:10.1016/j.hest.2021.02.002

SARS-CoV-2 infection with pneumonia and encephalitis

Brain Hemorrhages. 2021 Sep;2(3):134-136. doi: 10.1016/j.hest.2021.02.002. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Authors

Muhammad Hassan¹, Fibhaa Syed², Haris Majid Rajput¹, Hafiza Faiza Mushtaq³, Naveed Ullah Khan¹, Mazhar Badshah¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
³ Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Abstract

The pandemic of severe acute respiratory virus (SARS-CoV-2) is characterized by respiratory symptoms with serious consequences, mainly associated with pneumonia and extreme ARDS. There is a lack of data about specific neurological manifestations of covid-19 infections literature. Epidemiological trials in fewer than 30% of a population reported symptoms of headache and delirium (Helms et al., 2020). Covid-19's neurotropism is still debatable, uncertain and in the present case study patient with Covid-19 is identified. He suffered with extreme respiratory complications during hospitalization and eventually died.

Keywords: Covid-19; Encephalitis; Pneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports