id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338478-gkes9a16 Haddad, S. Encephalopathy and seizure activity in a COVID-19 well controlled HIV patient 2020-05-16 .txt text/plain 1097 69 51 title: Encephalopathy and seizure activity in a COVID-19 well controlled HIV patient Because the patient presented with acute encephalopathy in the setting of HIV, he underwent a lumbar puncture (Table 2 ) with no white cells noted in the cerebrospinal fluid. As this was the first atypical presentation of COVID-19 witnessed by the hospital J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f staff, one of the main difficulties encountered was managing the patient's agitation while maintaining proper isolation precautions required for further imaging. One question involves the patient's history of well controlled HIV and COVID-19-induced leukopenia. If further cases of seizure activity are reported in COVID-19 positive patients, the usefulness of prophylactic antiepileptics will need to be evaluated especially if they present with significant encephalopathy even in the absence of abnormal brain anatomy. Neurological manifestations of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective case series study ./cache/cord-338478-gkes9a16.txt ./txt/cord-338478-gkes9a16.txt