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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr-Jun;38(2):219-221.
doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_291.

SARS-CoV-2 viral sepsis with meningoencephalitis

Mitkumar Dharsandiya  1 , Kinjal Shah  1 , Ketan Patel  1 , Tushar Patel  2 , Amrish Patel  2 , Atul Patel  1
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Case Reports

SARS-CoV-2 viral sepsis with meningoencephalitis

Mitkumar Dharsandiya et al. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 predominantly involves the lungs producing acute lung injury, but it can also give rise to a variety of complications involving the central nervous system, gastrointestinal system, kidney and also viral sepsis. With this case report, we are discussing unusual series of complication from acute lung injury, followed by viral sepsis then encephalitis, followed by progressive macrophage activation syndrome.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; encephalitis; macrophage activation syndrome; viral sepsis.

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