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Table 2 Patient information

From: SARS-CoV-2 infects epithelial cells of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier rather than endothelial cells or pericytes of the blood-brain barrier

Patient number

Sex

Age (years)

Days from COVID-19 symptom onset to death

Postmortem delay (hours)

Autoptic cause of death

Pre-existing neurological conditions

P1

F

67

13

20

Respiratory failure

Chronic multiple sclerosis

P2

M

96

unclear

24

Respiratory failure

Parkinson`s disease

P3

M

66

23

11

Respiratory failure

none

P4

M

59

at least 19

39

Respiratory failure

none

C1

M

89

Non-COVID-19 control

7

Cardiac failure with bronchopneumonia

none