Acute Cerebral Stroke with Multiple Infarctions and COVID-19, France, 2020
Souheil Zayet, Timothée Klopfenstein, Róbert Kovács, Silviu Stancescu, Beate Hagenkötter
Abstract
C oronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Evidence increasingly shows that SARS-CoV-2 is not always confined to the respiratory tract but can induce neurologic diseases (1). Several studies have reported that acute ischemic stroke can develop in COVID-19 patients (1-6). We describe 2 COVID-19 patients who had multiple cerebral infarctions; 1 patient had positive antiphospholipid antibodies.
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Stroke (engine)Atrial fibrillationMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusDiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakInternal medicineCardiologyIntensive care medicinePediatricsVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)EngineeringOutbreakMechanical engineeringLong-Term Effects of COVID-19COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesRetinal and Optic Conditions