In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, atypical clinical forms have been described, in which extra-respiratory symptoms predominate; among them, cases of concurrent neurological manifestations have been reported. Based on the coronavirus identification in the central nervous system in the 2002 SARS-CoV outbreak, a potential neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2 has been raised. Few patients with acute encephalitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 have been described in the world literature. In this report we present two cases of Peruvian patients with acute encephalitis concurrent to COVID-19, we reviewed the literature and discussed the possible mechanisms of neurotropism and neuroinvasion.
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Barreto-Acevedo, E., Mariños, E., Espino, P., Troncoso, J., Urbina, L., & Valer, N. (2020). Acute encephalitis associated with SARS-CoV-2: First case report in Peru. Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 83(2), 116–122. https://doi.org/10.20453/rnp.v83i2.3754
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