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Clinical Implications of COVID-19 Presence in CSF: Systematic Review of Case Reports.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Translating animal models of SARS-CoV-2 infection to vascular, neurological and gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19.Disease models & mechanisms · 2025Review
- Immunomodulatory Mechanisms Underlying Neurological Manifestations in Long COVID: Implications for Immune-Mediated Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Ocular neuroinflammatory response secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection-a review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Association of pulmonary function test abnormalities and quality-of-life measures after COVID-19 infection.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2024Article
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- New-onset ANCA-associated vasculitis presenting with neuropathy after COVID-19 infection: A case report and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Meningitis in Niger Republic amidst COVID-19: current issues and novel recommendations.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Understanding the neurological implications of acute and long COVID using brain organoids.Disease models & mechanisms · 2023Review
- COVID-19-Associated Acute Psychotic Disorder-Longitudinal Case Report and Brief Review of Literature.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- The oral manifestations and related mechanisms of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This systematic review focused on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients that had detected SARS-CoV-2 virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A systematic literature search was carried out in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, Medrxiv, and Biorxiv databases from inception to 19 December 2021. Case reports or case series involving patients with proved SARS-CoV-2 presence in CSF by polymerize chain reaction were included. Our search strategy produced 23 articles documenting a total of 23 patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 in the CSF. Fever (55%) was the most common symptom, followed by headaches (41%), cough (32%), and vomiting/nausea (32%). The majority of the cases included was encephalitis (57%), 8 of which were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The second most prevalent presentation was meningitis. The cerebral spinal fluid analysis found disparities in protein levels and normal glucose levels in most cases. This study demonstrates that SARS-CoV-2 can enter the nervous system via various routes and cause CNS infection symptoms. SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to infect the CNS even when no respiratory symptoms are present and nasopharyngeal swabs are negative. As a result, SARS-CoV-2 should be considered as a possible cause of CNS infection and tested for in the CSF.
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