Table 1.

Encephalitis pediatric cases developed as SARS-CoV-2 para-infection or post-infection in previously healthy patients. The sex of patients is indicated as F for female and M for male

Reference	Age (years)	Condition	COVID-19 symptoms	Encephalitis symptoms
Present case	5 F	Para-infection	Cough, fever	Neck swelling, right latero-cervical and painful lymphadenopathy, altered mental status, irritability, sleepiness, lethargy, lack of energy
[13]	12 M	Para-infection	Absent	Severe emotional lability, facial tics, obsessive-compulsive disorder
[13]	13 M	Para-infection	Cough, fever, skin rush	Obsessive-compulsive disorder, facial tic, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, irritability, inattentiveness
[33]	16 F	Para-infection	Sore throat, fever	Insomnia, anorexia, paranoia, hallucinations, severe encephalopathy
[34]	10 F	Para-infection	Ageusia, headache, malaise, urinary incontinence	Stop speaking, mobilizing, and using right arm, hypertonia, brisk reflexes, right-sided Babinski, and sluggish pupils
[35]	13 F	Para-infection	Fever	Headache, non-explosive vomiting, sudden-onset sensory disorder
[36]	11 M	Para-infection	Weakness	Epilepsy
[37]	7 M	Para-infection	Absent	Unsteady gait, ataxia, somnolence, seizures, not elicited deep tendon reflexes
[38]	5 F	Para-infection	Fever, painful abdomen, diarrhea	Neck swelling, right latero-cervical and painful lymphadenopathy
[39]	0.75 Unknown	Para-infection	Fever, breath shortness	Seizures, enlargement of lateral ventricles, hydrocephalus