Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals
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Department of Neurosurgery, King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Biography

Saggaf A. Assaggaf works at Department of Neurosurgery, King Khalid Hospital, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His area of research interests includes Infectious diseases, virology. He /she has authored of many research articles/books in relevant areas.

Publications

• Case Report   
  Impact of COVID-19 on the Central Nervous System: Are Spontaneous Intracranial Haemorrhage and Aseptic Meningitis Extra-pulmonary Manifestations of COVID-19? A Rare Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Mohamed Awad Mohamed*, Alfadil Osman Alawaad, Ghalib Almesedin, Saggaf A. Assaggaf, Zamel Akeel Alshammary and Magdi Awad Mohamed Ahmed
  
  Background: The coronavirus pandemic that started in December 2019 is mainly related to respiratory symptoms. Clinical presentations have been reported, but so far, no definitive therapy has been established. Intracranial haemorrhage has been observed in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, but the clinical, imaging, and pathophysiological features of intracranial bleeding during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection remain poorly characterized. The occurrence of spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage complicated with aseptic meningitis secondary to COVID-19 is extremely rare. Case presentation: A 19-month-old with fever, and shortness of breath was admitted to our intensive care unit on an emergency basis. Two weeks later, the patient developed a generalized convulsion with deterioratio.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/1948-5964.21.s17.003

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