title: Possible central nervous system infection by SARS coronavirus.
abstract: On day 22 of illness, generalized tonic-clonic convulsion developed in a 32-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Cerebrospinal fluid tested positive for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. SARS-CoV may have caused an infection in the central nervous system in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. dominickklau@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kwok-Kwong
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Wai-Cho
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chung-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Suet-Ting
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Bun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Kwok-Yuen
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology