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J Neurovirol . Meningoencephalitis associated with COVID-19: a systematic review

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
J Neurovirol


. 2020 Dec 26.
doi: 10.1007/s13365-020-00923-3. Online ahead of print.
Meningoencephalitis associated with COVID-19: a systematic review


Ritwick Mondal[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Upasana Ganguly[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shramana Deb[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gourav Shome[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Subhasish Pramanik[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Deebya Bandyopadhyay[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Durjoy Lahiri[SUP] 4 [/SUP]



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Abstract

With the growing number of COVID-19 cases in recent times. significant set of patients with extra pulmonary symptoms has been reported worldwide. Here we venture out to summarize the clinical profile, investigations, and radiological findings among patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated meningoencephalitis in the form of a systemic review. This review was carried out based on the existing PRISMA (Preferred Report for Systematic Review and Meta analyses) consensus statement. The data for this review was collected from four databases: Pubmed/Medline, NIH Litcovid, Embase, and Cochrane library and Preprint servers up till 30 June 2020. Search strategy comprised of a range of keywords from relevant medical subject headings which includes "SARS-COV-2," "COVID-19," and "meningoencephalitis." All peer reviewed, case-control, case report, pre print articles satisfying our inclusion criteria were involved in the study. Quantitative data was expressed in mean ? SD, while the qualitative date in percentages. Paired t test was used for analysing the data based on differences between mean and respective values with a p < 0.05 considered to be statistically significant. A total of 61 cases were included from 25 studies after screening from databases and preprint servers, out of which 54 of them had completed investigation profile and were included in the final analysis. Clinical, laboratory findings, neuroimaging abnormalities, and EEG findings were analyzed in detail. This present review summarizes the available evidences related to the occurrence of meningoencephalitis in COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Clinical symptoms; Coronavirus; Meningoencephalitis; Neurological impairments; SARS-CoV-2.
 
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