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COVID-19 related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with extremely high interleukin-6 and RANBP2 mutation in a patient with recently immunized inactivated virus vaccine and no pulmonary involvement.
BMC infectious diseases - 23 Jul 2022
Pongpitakmetha Thanakit, Hemachudha Pasin, Rattanawong Wanakorn, Thanapornsangsuth Poosanu, Viswanathan Anand, Hemachudha Thiravat
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We report the first case of COVID-19 associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) without pulmonary disease in a patient with an extremely high interleukin-6 (IL-6) level and Ran Binding Protein 2 (RANBP2) mutation. CASE PRESENTATION: A 29-year-old woman recently immunized with inactivated viral vaccine-BBIBP32-CorV (Sinopharm) presented with alteration of consciousness. Her body temperature was...
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