Cerebrospinal Analysis in Patients With COVID-19.

Emily Happy MillerVivian S NamaleCarla KimRachelle DugueGreer WaldropPrajwal CiryamAlexander M ChongJason E ZuckerEliza C MillerJennifer M BainJoshua Z WilleyKevin DoyleAmelia BoehmeJan ClaassenAnne-Catrin UhlemannKiran T Thakur

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

Among patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, CSF results changed treatment decisions or disposition in over one-third of our patient cohort. CSF was frequently abnormal, though CSF SARS-CoV-2 qRT-PCR was negative in all samples. Further studies are required to define whether CSF SARS-CoV-2 testing is warranted in certain clinical contexts.

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