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cord-256375-f4vrcjr1	Cabrera Muras, Antonio	Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy associated with COVID‐19 and Epstein‐Barr Virus co‐infection	2020-09-30		.txt	text/plain	580	43	53	He was diagnosed with right peripheral facial palsy and was treated with prednisone 60 mg/24h with a tapering schedule. This patient presented with severe bilateral facial palsy, evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection preceded by upper respiratory symptoms, and evidence of coinfection with EBV. EBV infection is responsible for 0.5%-7.5% of peripheral facial palsies, and up to 35% are bilateral [2, 3] . One of the reported patients had isolated bilateral facial palsy and was interpreted as a variant of GBS know as bifacial weakness with paresthesias [6] . SARS-CoV-2 infection should be suspected in patients with facial palsy or any suspicion of GBS in the times of COVID-19 pandemics since it may be the presenting feature in patients with mild respiratory symptoms. Bilateral facial nerve palsy associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection Bilateral facial nerve palsy associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection with a review of the literature Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2	./cache/cord-256375-f4vrcjr1.txt	./txt/cord-256375-f4vrcjr1.txt