Coronavirus disease 2019 and neurodegenerative disease: what will the future bring?
McAlpine LS, Fesharaki-Zadeh A, Spudich S. Coronavirus disease 2019 and neurodegenerative disease: what will the future bring? Current Opinion In Psychiatry 2020, 34: 177-185. PMID: 33395100, PMCID: PMC7924921, DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000000688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronavirus disease 2019Multiple sclerosisParkinson's diseaseNeurodegenerative diseasesAlzheimer's diseaseDisease 2019High riskCOVID-19Heart/lung diseaseHigh-risk comorbid conditionsHospitalized COVID-19 patientsAltered mental statusCOVID-19 patientsMS patientsSuch patientsComorbid conditionsNeurological symptomsPoor outcomeLung diseaseMental statusAdvanced ageSevere diseasePatientsBetter outcomesViral infectionAcute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19
Farhadian S, Glick LR, Vogels CBF, Thomas J, Chiarella J, Casanovas-Massana A, Zhou J, Odio C, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Fauver JR, Alpert T, Wyllie AL, Turcotte C, Steinle M, Paczkowski P, Dela Cruz C, Wilen C, Ko AI, MacKay S, Grubaugh ND, Spudich S, Barakat LA. Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19. BMC Neurology 2020, 20: 248. PMID: 32552792, PMCID: PMC7301053, DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-01812-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial presentationCentral nervous system inflammationSARS-CoV-2 infectionCSF inflammatory markersNervous system inflammationCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokinesSeizure-like activityCOVID-19 infectionVirus SARS-CoV-2COVID-19SARS-CoV-2BackgroundCOVID-19Inflammatory markersNeurologic complicationsSystem inflammationImmunocompromised womanNeurologic manifestationsNeurologic symptomsViral neuroinvasionCase presentationWeInfected patientsMental statusRespiratory pathogensConclusionOur findingsInflammation