A first case of meningitis/encephalitis associated with SARS-Coronavirus-2

University of Yamanashi Hospital

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Abstract

Novel coronavirus (SARS-Coronavirus-2:SARS-CoV-2) which emerged in Wuhan, China, has spread to multiple countries rapidly. We report the first case of meningitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 who was brought in by ambulance due to a convulsion accompanied by unconsciousness. He had never been to any foreign countries. He felt generalized fatigue and fever (day 1). He saw doctors nearby twice (day 2 and 5) and was prescribed Laninamivir and antipyretic agents, His family visited his home and found that he was unconsciousness and lying on the floor in his vomit. He was immediately transported to this hospital by ambulance (day 9). Under emergency transport, he had transient generalized seizures that lasted about a…

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Keywords
  • Unconsciousness
  • Medicine
  • Meningitis
  • Encephalitis
  • Pediatrics
  • Viral meningitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Viral pneumonia
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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