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A case report of nosocomial infection with SARS CoV-2 in a one-year old meningoencephalitis patient in a tertiary hospital of Bangladesh.

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Infectious diseases
Medical virology

Abstract

Introduction: Novel corona virus (SARS-Coronavirus-2: SARS-CoV-2) which emerged in Wuhan, China, has spread to multiple countries rapidly. Little information is known about nosocomial infections by SARS-CoV-2 in the initial period. As it spreads across the globe, physicians face the challenges of a contagious pandemic including patient isolation and diagnosis. Case Report: We report a case of concurrent meningoencephalitis and COVID-19 infection in a one-year old Bangladeshi patient who was brought a tertiary hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh due to fever, convulsion and neck stiffness accompanied by unconsciousness later.  Computed tomography (CT) SCAN of brain showed excessive encephalopathic change in both cerebral hemispheres with moderate communicating hydrocephalus, suggesting meningoencephalitis. During his hospitalization, he became infected with SARS-CoV-2 which was confirmed by real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR. Conclusion: SARS-CoV-2 can be rapidly transmitted patient-to patient regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. Each hospital must differentiate patients with known or suspected COVID 19 infection from patients with a low probability COVID-19 infection in order to limit direct or indirect transmission.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2020.33142.1024

Keywords

COVID-19, Meningitis/Encephalitis, polymerase chain reaction, SARS-CoV-2

Authors

First Name

Arifa

Last Name

Akram

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of virology, National Institute of laboratory medicine and referral center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Email

drbarna43@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

0000-0001-8829-9817

First Name

Md Shahin

Last Name

Jewel

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Medical Officer, Mugda Medica College and Hospital, Bangladesh

Email

mohammadshahin2021@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

Rajiv

Last Name

Chowdhury

MiddleName

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Affiliation

University Lecturer in Global health, Department of Public health & Primary care, University of Cambridge, UK

Email

rc436@medschl.cam.ac.uk

City

UK

Orcid

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First Name

Md Reaz

Last Name

Chowdhury

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Junior Consultant Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College and Hospital, Noakhali, Bangladesh

Email

mail2drreaz@gmail.com

City

Noakhali

Orcid

0000-0003-2735-627X

First Name

Sohel

Last Name

Rahman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

IEDCR, DGHS, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email

drsohel33@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

Volume

1

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

13104

Issue Date

2020-08-01

Receive Date

2020-05-18

Publish Date

2020-08-01

Page Start

38

Page End

42

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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3

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Short Reports (case reports)

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1,159

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Journal

Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Created At

22 Jan 2023