Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a patient with COVID-19 and the possible role of SARS-CoV-2 in its manifestation: case report and overview of published cases

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07032-7" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12888-025-07032-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a patient with COVID-19 and the possible role of SARS-CoV-2 in its manifestation: case report and overview of published cases

Original language description

Background: The manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is more complex than that of pulmonary infection, and neuropsychiatric symptoms play a role in this complexity. In this paper, we present the case of a 29-year-old schizophrenic patient who suffered from neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) that developed during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, with an emphasis on the possible connection between these two conditions. Additionally, we provide an overview of published NMS cases in patients with COVID-19 or after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. Case presentation: A 29-year-old patient treated for schizophrenia, treated with paliperidone palmitate (150 mg every four weeks) and cariprazine (6 mg daily), was admitted to the hospital for agitation and aggressivity; shortly after arrival at the hospital, laryngospasm and hypoxia occurred. The patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and later, he developed pneumonia. During hospitalization, olanzapine (20 mg daily) was added to his regimen. However, due to continuing restlessness, haloperidol was administered (20 mg over the course of one day). A few days later, neuroleptic malignant syndrome occurred. He was treated with bromocriptine (15 mg daily) and clonazepam (2 mg daily) and recovered. Conclusions: As SARS-CoV-2 is known to interact with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and DOPA-decarboxylase is known to be coexpressed with this receptor, we hypothesized that COVID-19 infection might play a substantial role in the development of NMS.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30215 - Psychiatry

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Psychiatry

ISSN

1471-244X

e-ISSN

1471-244X

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

article 557

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

001499240600002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105006898500