Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in patients with COVID-19-associated central nervous system manifestations: a systematic review.
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in patients with COVID-19-associated central nervous system manifestations: a systematic review.
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DOI:
10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2021-0117
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发表时间:
2022-03
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Senne, Carlos
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作者:
Domingues, Renan Barros;Vilela de Moura Leite, Fernando Brunale;Senne, Carlos
Central nervous system (CNS) symptoms may occur in patients with acute COVID-19. The role of CSF examination in these patients remains to be established. A systematic review of CSF findings relating to COVID-19 was carried out. CSF parameters, including cytological and biochemical analyses, SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and other CSF markers, were recorded and analyzed among patients with acute COVID-19 and one of the following CNS syndromes: stroke, encephalopathy, encephalitis, inflammatory syndromes, seizure, headache and meningitis. Increased white blood cells and/or increased protein concentration were found in 52.7% of the patients with encephalitis, 29.4% of the patients with encephalopathy and 46.7% of the patients with inflammatory syndromes (P < 0.05). CSF RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 was positive in 17.35% of the patients with encephalitis and less than 3.5% of the patients with encephalopathy or inflammatory syndromes (P < 0.05). Intrathecal production of immunoglobulins was found in only 8% of the cases. More than 85% of the patients had increased CSF cytokines and chemokines. Increased CSF neurofilament light chain (NfL) and CSF Tau were found in 71% and 36% of the cases, respectively. Non-specific inflammatory CSF abnormalities were frequently found in patients with COVID-19 CNS syndromes. The increase in neurodegeneration biomarkers suggests that neuronal damage occurs, with long-term consequences that are still unknown.