Table 1.
Age(y) | Sex | Onset | OO(d) | M/E | LP | CIC | CM | Imaging | Treatment | OC | Country | Reference |
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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.