Possible Central Nervous System Infection by SARS Coronavirus

Kwok Kwong Lau; Wai Cho Yu; Chung Ming Chu; Suet Ting Lau; Bun Sheng; Kwok Yung Yuen

doi:10.3201/eid1002.030638

Possible Central Nervous System Infection by SARS Coronavirus

Kwok Kwong Lau, Wai Cho Yu, Chung Ming Chu, Suet Ting Lau, Bun Sheng, Kwok Yung Yuen

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Abstract

On day 22 of illness, generalized tonic-clonic convulsion developed in a 32-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Cerebrospinal fluid tested positive for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. SARS-CoV may have caused an infection in the central nervous system in this patient.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	342-344
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030638
Publication status	Published - Feb 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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