Status of SARS-CoV-2 in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with COVID-19 and stroke.

Pascal M JabbourRitam GhoshAdam LeiboldMichael B AveryRichard F SchmidtThana TheofanisNikolaos MouchtourisLucas PhilippStephen C PeiperZi-Xuan WangFred RinconStavropoula I TjoumakarisPascal JabbourRobert H RosenwasserM Reid Gooch

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2020)

Our report shows that patients' CSF may be devoid of viral particles even when they test positive for COVID-19 on a nasal swab. Whether SARS-CoV-2 is present in CSF may depend on the systemic disease severity and the degree of the virus' nervous tissue tropism and should be examined in future studies.

Keyphrases

sars cov
cerebrospinal fluid
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
coronavirus disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
cerebral ischemia
patient reported
case control