COVID-19 as a Cause of Acute Neonatal Encephalitis and Cerebral Cytotoxic Edema

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Jul 1;40(7):e270-e271. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003145.

Abstract

The majority of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed in adults, with only a few reported cases in children. In the pediatric population, COVID-19 infection appears to be often unremarkable or associated with mild respiratory symptoms. Little is known about neurologic complications related to COVID-19 in newborns. We present a case of severe encephalitis with cytotoxic brain edema in a newborn with COVID-19.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / virology
  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Edema / pathology*
  • Brain Edema / virology*
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis, Viral / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • Seizures / virology