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ArticleTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2024

Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis and concurrent neuroborreliosis misdiagnosed for post-COVID-19-syndrome: a case report.

Tobias Brummer, Johannes Lotz, Christian Dresel, Frank Birklein

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Article in Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tobias BrummerDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, Mainz 55131, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-7211
Johannes LotzInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Christian DreselDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Frank BirkleinDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 42-year-old woman with paraneoplastic anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartat (NMDA)-receptor encephalitis and concurrent neuroborreliosis that was initially misdiagnosed as post-COVID-19 syndrome. Clinically, the patient presented with a range of chronic and subacute neuropsychiatric symptoms and recalled a tick bite weeks prior to admission. The patient had undergone psychiatric and complementary medical treatments for 1 year before admission and was initially diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome. Admission was performed because of acute worsening with fever, confusion, and unsteady gait. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed pleocytosis with elevated borrelia Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and Immunoglobulin M (IgG) CSF/blood antibody indices, indicating acute neuroborreliosis. Anti-NMDA receptor antibodies were identified in the CSF

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anti-NMDAR-encephalitiscase reportneuroborreliosispost-COVID-19 syndrome

Identifiers

PMID38414722
PMCPMC10898214
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