Kota: Rare case of meningoencephalitis detected in Covid-19 deceased patient

Kota: A uncommon case of meningoencephalitis, an irritation of the mind and its surrounding protecting membranes, has been detected in a younger affected person, who died of coronavirus illness (Covid-19) in Kota, however docs are but to determine whether or not it was brought on by Sars-CoV-2, which causes the illness.

The authorities on the Government Medical College in Kota, which has been transformed right into a devoted Covid-19 facility, are sending the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of the affected person to Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) to search out out if the viral an infection

induced meningoencephalitis within the deceased affected person.

Earlier, a 17-year-old boy from Baran was admitted to a personal hospital in Kota on June 3, and three days later he examined Covid-19 positive and died on the identical day on the Government Medical College.

Dr. Vijay Sardana, the principal of the Government Medical College, Kota, and in addition the pinnacle of the neurology division, mentioned: “The Covid-19 patient was shifted to our hospital on June 6, but he was brought brain dead and expired a few hours after he was admitted.

“We had taken the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample of the patient and conducted the Covid-19 test, but it didn’t show any trace of the Sars-CoV-2 infection. However, the patient didn’t have any prior history of a cerebral condition. We’re sending the CSF sample to NIV in Pune to detect the virus, which caused meningoencephalitis. We’ll report the case to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and also study it,” he mentioned.

Sardana mentioned solely three-four instances of meningoencephalitis have been reported in Covid-19 sufferers from international locations akin to Pakistan, China, and Japan thus far. India is but to report a single case of meningoencephalitis in a Covid-19 affected person.

Meningoencephalitis resembles each meningitis and encephalitis. Meningoencephalitis could be brought on by micro organism, viruses, fungi, and protozoan or as a secondary sequel of different inflammations attributable to Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a continual, probably life-threatening situation brought on by the human immunodeficiency virus.