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. 2021 Jun 1;90:140–143. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.05.065

Table 1.

Patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated infectious and immune-mediated CNS disease so far reported.

Age(y) Sex Onset OO(d) M/E LP CIC CM Imaging Treatment OC Country Reference
Infectious
24 m B 5 E nr yes HA, IC, SE Edema, ventriculitis VS, AB, MV, S, AED nr Japan [3]
44 f A 3 E yes nr CON, SE E, bleeding VS, AB, AED, S death India [4]
nr nr nr nr E nr yes SE, hiccups normal VS, AB, AED, nr China [5]#
41 f AB 0 ME yes no SE, CON, HL normal VS, AB, CHLO, AED, S REC USA [6]
36 m A 4 ME nr yes HA SAB, ICB, SDH Surgery nr Dubai [7]
64 f A 6 ME yes no SE, psychosis normal VS REC Swiss [8]
67 f A 17 ME yes no HA, CON, HAN, HN normal VS, AB REC Swiss [8]
69 m A 7 ME yes no HA, CON, fall normal VS, AB, CHLO REC France [9]
66 m A >5 Myelitis nr nr paraparesis nr VS, AB, S, IVIG REC China [10]
60 m A 8 Myelitis yes no paraparesis myelitis VS, AB, S REC German [11]



Immune-mediated
49 m A nr AIE no no nr E AB, PE REC Turkey [12]
59 m A nr AIE no no nr E AB, PE REC Turkey [12]
59 m A nr AIE no no nr normal AB, PE death Turkey [12]
51 f A nr AIE no no nr normal AB, PE REC Turkey [12]
55 m A nr AIE no no nr normal AB, PE ICU Turkey [12]
22 m A nr AIE no no nr E AB, PE REC Turkey [12]
71 m A nr ADEM* nr nr nr nr§ ICU, S death USA [13]
40 f A 11 ADEM no no bulbar signs demyel AB, IVIG, CHLO REC USA [14]
54 f A days ADEM no no SE demyel AED, S REC Italy [15]
~55 f A 3 AHNE nr no CON AHNE IVIG nr USA [16]
59 f A 10 AHNE no no SE, IC edema MV, S death UK [17]
74 m A 1 EP no no HA, CON old stroke VS AB, CHLO, AED ICU USA [18]
8 pat. nr A nr EP nr no nr LEE nr nr France [19]
60 m B 2 EP yes no IC, akinetic normal VS, AB, S REC Italy [20]
23 m AB 0 EP no nr psychosis normal AB, S, IVIG, neuroleptics REC Ecuador [21]
31 f A 18 EP yes nr coma edema VS, AB, CHLO, MV death USA [22]
34 m A 9 EP no nr coma, SE edema CHLO, MV nr USA [22]
64 m A nr EP, CH no nr SE T2HI CHLO, MV REC USA [22]
46 m B 2 EP no no delirium, SE inflammation VS, AB, AED, MV REC UK [23]
79 f B 2 EP no no SE, delirium limbic E AED REC UK [23]
77 m A 6 EP nr nr delirium normal VS, AB death UK [24]
69 f A 8 myelitis yes no weakness myelitis S, PE REC Spain [25]
nr m A 14 E no no E normal supportive REC China [26]
56 f A 15 M no no TEPA, dysph LEE IVIG REC Spain [27]
64 m A 2 EP no no IC, CON normal VS, supportive REC China [28]
5 pat. nr A nr AIE no no nr CSA MV nr Turkey [29]
40 f A nr E nr yes syncope nr CHLO REC USA [30]

A: onset of ME after onset of non-neurological manifestations, AB: antibiotics, AED: antiepileptic drugs, AHNE: acute, hemorrhaghic, necrotizing encephalopathy, AIE: auto-immune-encephalitis, B. onset of ME before onset of non-neurological manifestations, CC: CSF-culture, CH: cerebral hypoxia, CHLO: chloroquine, CIC: SARS-CoV-2 in CSF, CM: clinical manifestations, CON: confusion, CSA: cortical signal abnormality, Demyel: demyelination, dysph: dysphagia, E: encephalitis, EP: encephalopathy, f: female, HA: headache, HAN: hemianopia, HL: hallucinations, HN: hemineglect, IC: impaired consciousness, ICB: intracerebral bleeding, ICU: intensive care unit, IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulins, LEE: leptomeningeal enhancement, LP: lymphocytic pleocytosis, M: meningitis, m: male, MB: microbleeds, MV: mechanical ventilation, nd: not done, nr: not reported, OO: latency between onset of meningitis/encephalitis and COVID-19 respectively vice versa, PE: plasma exchange, REC: recovery, S: steroids, SAB: subarachnoid bleeding, SDH: subdural hematoma, SE: seizures, T2HI: hyperintensity on T2-images, TEPA: quadruparesis, VS: virostatics, *: on autopsy, §: ADEM-like lesions, #: reported in Ramoli et al.