Sven Jarius, Florence Pache, Peter Körtvelyessy, Ilijas Jelčić, Mark Stettner, Diego Franciotta, Emanuela Keller, Bernhard Neumann, Marius Ringelstein, Makbule Senel, Axel Regeniter, Rea Kalantzis, Jan F Willms, Achim Berthele, Markus Busch, Marco Capobianco, Amanda Eisele, Ina Reichen, Rick Dersch, Sebastian Rauer, Katharina Sandner, Ilya Ayzenberg, Catharina C Gross, Harald Hegen, Michael Khalil, Ingo Kleiter, Thorsten Lenhard, Jürgen Haas, Orhan Aktas, Klemens Angstwurm, Christoph Kleinschnitz, Jan Lewerenz, Hayrettin Tumani, Friedemann Paul, Martin Stangel, Klemens Ruprecht, Brigitte Wildemann
BACKGROUND: Comprehensive data on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile in patients with COVID-19 and neurological involvement from large-scale multicenter studies are missing so far. OBJECTIVE: To analyze systematically the CSF profile in COVID-19. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 150 lumbar punctures in 127 patients with PCR-proven COVID-19 and neurological symptoms seen at 17 European university centers RESULTS: The most frequent pathological finding was blood-CSF barrier (BCB) dysfunction (median QAlb 11...
January 20, 2022: Journal of Neuroinflammation