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. 2021 Feb 22;268(10):3517–3548. doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10458-0

Table 1.

Summary of demographic information and COVID-19 characteristics

Publication Country Age Sex Medical history COVID-19 symptoms Mechanical ventilation CSF SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR
Cases with myoclonus and ataxia
 Chan et al. (case report) Canada 44 M None Fever, myalgia, cough, fatigue, hyposmia, hypogeusia No Negative
 Anand et al. [9] USA 71 M Not reported Confusion and gait disturbance at presentation No N/A
 Chaumont et al. [10] France 62 M Hypertension, diabetes mellitus Fever, cough, ageusea, dyspnea Yes Negative
 Chaumont et al. [10] France 72 M Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, urothelial carcinoma in remission Fever, cough, dyspnea Yes Negative
 Chaumont et al. [10] France 50 M Diabetes mellitus Cough, dyspnea Yes Negative
 Chaumont et al. [10] France 66 M Obstructive sleep apnea Cough, dyspnea, anosmia, diarrhea Yes Negative
 Delorme et al. [11] France 72 M Not reported Fever, cough, anosmia No Negative
 Dijkstra et al. [12] Belgium 44 M None Fever, mild respiratory complaints, anosmia No Negative
 Grimaldi et al. [13] France 72 M Previous transient global amnesia Arthralgia, sore throat, fever No Negative
 Sanguinetti and Ramdhani [14] USA 57 M Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia Nausea, fever, diarrhea, myalgia No N/A
 Schellekens et al. [15] Netherlands 48 M Asymptomatic HIV Fever, headache, cough, fatigue No Negative
 Shah and Desai [16] India Middle-aged M Not reported COVID-19 lung infection, details not reported No N/A
Cases with myoclonus, without ataxia
 Anand et al. [9] USA 47 M Not reported Headache, odynophagia, cough, fever Yes N/A
 Anand et al. [9] USA 28 M Not reported Fever, dyspnea, odnynophagia, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain Yes N/A
 Anand et al. [9] USA 73 M Not reported Cough, generalized weakness Yes N/A
 Anand et al. [9] USA 64 M Not reported Cough, dyspnea, fever Yes N/A
 Anand et al. [9] USA 66 M Not reported Cough, dyspnea, fever Yes N/A
 Anand et al. [9] USA 72 M Not reported Nausea, vomiting, cough Yes N/A
 Anand et al. [9] USA 62 M Not reported Cough, dyspnea, fever Yes N/A
 Borroni et al. [17] Italy 54 F Hypertension Fever, cough, dyspnea No N/A
 Borroni et al. [17] Italy 80 M None Dyspnea, fever, cough No Negative
 Cuhna et al. [18] France 67 M Hypertension, poliomyelitis ICU admission, no further details Yes N/A
 Cuhna et al. [18] France 66 F Hypertension, nephroangiosclerosis, severe renal insufficiency stage V, hepatitis B healed ICU admission, no further details Yes N/A
 Khoo et al. [19] United Kingdom 65 F Alzheimer’s disease, osteoarthritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease Cough, fever, myalgia, diarrhea No Negative
 Méndez-Guerro et al. [20] Spain 58 M Hypertension, dyslipidemia Cough, fever, nausea, shortness of breath Yes N/A
 Muccioli et al. [21] Italy 58 M Hypertension Fever, cough, dyspnea Yes Negative
 Rábano-Suárez et al. [22] Spain 63 M Generalized anxiety disorder Fever, anosmia, shortness of breath Yes (for management of myoclonus) N/A
Rábano-Suárez et al. [22] Spain 88 F Hypertension, hypothyroidism, non-functioning pituitary adenoma, mild cognitive decline Anosmia, fever, shortness of breath No N/A
 Rábano-Suárez et al. [22] Spain 76 M None Fever, malaise, cough, anosmia, ageusia, myalgia No N/A
 Ros-Castelló et al. [23] Spain 72 F Hypertension, asthma Fever, shortness of breath Yes N/A
Cases with ataxia, without myoclonus
 Ashraf and Sajed [24] USA 26 F Obesity, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, asthma None No N/A
 Balestrino et al. [25] Italy 73 M Hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus

Asthenia, gait ataxia, confusion, drowsiness at onset

Urinary incontinence, fever, dyspnea

No N/A
 Delorme et al. [11] France 60 F Temporal lobe epilepsy (hippocampal sclerosis) Fever, cough, diarrhea No Negative
 Diezma-Martín et al. [26] Spain 70 M Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Fever No Negative
 Fadakar et al. [27] Iran 47 M None Fatigue, generalized body pain, cough No Positive
 Fernández-Domínguez et al. [28] Spain 74 F Hypertension, follicular lymphoma Respiratory symptoms, no further details No Negative
 Gutiérrez-Ortiz et al. [29] Spain 50 M Asthma Cough, malaise, headache, low back pain, fever, anosmia, ageusia No Negative
 Hayashi et al. [30] Japan 75 M Alzheimer’s disease Diarrhea, urinary incontinence, fever No N/A
 Kopscik et al. [31] USA 31 M None None No N/A
 Lahiri and Ardila [32] Unclear 72 M Not reported SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, no further details Not reported N/A
 Lantos et al. [33] USA 36 M Remote strabismus Fever, chills, myalgia No N/A
 Lowery et al. [34] USA 45 M Dyslipidemia, hypertension, Crohn’s disease Sinus congestion, cough, chest tightness, dyspnea Yes N/A
 Manganotti et al. [35] Italy 49 F Not reported Fever, cough, dyspnea, hyposmia, ageusia No Negative
 Manganotti et al. [36] Italy 50 F None Fever, cough, dysgeusia No N/A
 Perrin et al. [37] France 64 M End-stage renal disease, peritoneal dialysis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea, smoking Fever, dyspnea, cough, diarrhea, myalgia, headache No Negative
 Perrin et al. [37] France 53 F None Fever, dyspnea, headache Yes Negative
 Perrin et al. [37] France 51 M None Fever, dyspnea, anorexia Yes Negative
 Perrin et al. [37] France 67 M Kidney transplantation recipient (C3 glomerulopathy) Fever, dyspnea, cough, myalgia, headache, anosmia, dysgeusia No Negative
 Povlow and Auerbach [38] USA 30 M None Nausea, vomiting No N/A
 Sartoretti et al. [39] Switzerland 60 M Hypertension, asthma Cough, fever No N/A
 Wright et al. [40] New Zealand 79 M Asbestosis, non-disabling stroke, mild cognitive impairment, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, prostatic hypertrophy Diarrhea No N/A