Table 1.
Names of Authors | Country/region | Case no. | Age/ ethnicity | 1st/ 2nd dose | Time of Sx onset | Tx |
[5] Patel SU, et al, 2021 | England | 1 case | 37 y/o male, Caucasian | 1st | 14 d | 5 d of IVIG |
[6] Maramattom BV, et al, 2021 | Kerala, India | 7 cases | All of Indian descent: 1) 43 y/o female 2) 67 y/o female 3) 53 y/o female 4) 68 y/o female 5) 70 y/o male 6) 69 y/o female 7) 69 y/o female | 1st | 1) 10 d 2) 14 d 3) 12 d 4) 14 d 5) 11 d 6) 12 d 7) 13 d | 1) IVIG + mechanical ventilation 2) IVIG+ mechanical ventilation+ plasmapheresis 3) IVIG + mechanical ventilation 4) IVIG + mechanical ventilation 5) IVIG+ mechanical ventilation 6) IVIG + plasmapheresis 7) IVIG + mechanical ventilation |
[7] Allen CM, et al, 2021 | England | 4 cases | 1) 54 y/o male, Caucasian 2) 20 y/o male, British Iranian descent 3) 57 y/o male, Caucasian 4) 55 y/o male, Caucasian | 1st | 1) 16 d 2) 26 d 3) 21 d 4) 29 days | 1) Oral prednisolone 2) Oral prednisolone 3) IVIG 4) No treatment needed |
[8] Hasan T, et al, 2021 | England | 1 case | 62 y/o female, ethnicity unknown | 1st | 11 d | IVIG + mechanical ventilation + intravenous antibiotics (for secondary sepsis due to aspiration pneumonia) |
[9] Nasuelli NA, et al, 2021 | Italy | 1 case | 59 y/o male, Caucasian | 1st | 10 d | IVIG |
[10] McKean N, et al, 2021 | Malta | 1 case | 48 y/o male, presumed Maltese | 1st | 10 d | IVIG + oral prednisolone |
Our case | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 1 case | 48 y/o female, Japanese (East-Asian) | 1st | 14 d | IVIG |
∗ Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).