TABLE 1.
Reporting odds ratios for the risk of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in the WHO pharmacovigilance database VigiBase.
| Drug (active ingredient) | “Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis” cases with vaccine (n = 51) | Non “Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis” cases with vaccine (n = 4,091,614) | ROR | 95% CI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPV Vaccine | 8 | 116,283 | 32.89 | [15.8–68.7] | <0.001 |
| DTP-Polio vaccine | 8 | 70,006 | 54.72 | [26.2–114.3] | <0.001 |
| Influenza vaccine | 7 | 280,525 | 11.68 | [5.3–25.5] | <0.001 |
| Varicella zoster vaccine | 5 | 193,141 | 11.78 | [4.7–29.2] | <0.001 |
| Pneumococcal vaccine | 4 | 241,627 | 7.4 | [2.7–20.3] | <0.001 |
| HIB vaccine | 4 | 89,544 | 20.08 | [7.3–55.1] | <0.001 |
| Covid-19 vaccine | 4 | 2,881,218 | 0.57 | [0.2–1.6] | 0.262 |
| Yellow fever vaccine | 3 | 26,614 | 50.02 | [15.7–159] | <0.001 |