Possible Central Nervous System Infection by SARS Coronavirus
coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Convulsion, Hong Kong
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.
Kwok-Kwong Lau, Wai-Cho Yu, Chung-Ming Chu, Suet-Ting Lau, Bun Sheng, K. Y. Yuen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine