Escola de Saúde Pública do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2022 Feb 16;64:e14. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202264014. eCollection 2022.
The global pandemic of COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which often causes flu-like symptoms and can progress to severe respiratory illness. Thus, as the disease spreads, COVID-19 cases have multiplied across the world, and manifestations involving multiple systems have been described. We report a case of COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in a Brazilian male patient who presented with seizures and altered mental status. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in Brazil. COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis is a rare manifestation of this viral infection and clinicians should be aware of this possible complication.
全球 COVID-19 大流行是由新型冠状病毒 SARS-CoV-2 引起的，该病毒常引起类似流感的症状，并可进展为严重的呼吸道疾病。因此，随着疾病的传播，COVID-19 病例在全球范围内呈指数级增长，并且已经描述了涉及多个系统的表现。我们报告了巴西一名男性 COVID-19 相关脑膜脑炎病例，该患者出现癫痫发作和精神状态改变。据我们所知，这是巴西首例报告的 COVID-19 相关脑膜脑炎病例。COVID-19 相关脑膜脑炎是这种病毒感染的罕见表现，临床医生应该意识到这种可能的并发症。
