COVID-19 Post-Infectious Encephalitis Presenting With Delirium as an Initial Manifestation

• Main Authors: Makoto Hara MD (Author), Kento Kouda MD (Author), Tomotaka Mizoguchi MD (Author), Yuki Yokota MD (Author), Kentaro Hayashi MD (Author), Yasuhiro Gon MD (Author), Hideto Nakajima MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report the case of a 65-year-old man with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) post-infectious encephalitis who presented with delirium as an initial manifestation. He had severe COVID-19 pneumonia and recovered with dexamethasone and tocilizumab. One week after discharge, he developed abnormal be...