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COVID‐19‐Associated Critical Illness Myopathy with Direct Viral Effects

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 infection) can lead to intensive care unit (ICU) admission and critical illness myopathy (CIM). We examined 3 ICU patients with COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation for pneumonia and developed CIM. Pathological examination of the skeletal muscle biopsies revealed myopathic changes consistent with CIM, variable inflammation with autophagic …

Authors

Dodig D; Tarnopolsky MA; Margeta M; Gordon K; Fritzler MJ; Lu J

Journal

Annals of Neurology, Vol. 91, No. 4, pp. 568–574

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

April 2022

DOI

10.1002/ana.26318

ISSN

0364-5134