Meningitis after COVID-19 vaccination, a systematic review of case reports and case series.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaccination is considered as one of the most promising strategies to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it could be associated with rare but serious complications. In the present study, we aimed to review the clinical course and etiology of post COVID-19 vaccination meningitis.

Methods

After a systematic search in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Sciences online databases as well as Google Scholar, documents were screened and qualified. Then data extraction was performed and the most frequent underlying agent of meningitis was found based on the reported cases.

Results

Overall, 35 cases of post COVID-19 vaccination meningitis from 33 articles were included in the review. Among them, 12 cases had proven viral diagnosis and 23 of them were reported to be va

SUBMITTER: Atefi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468859 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature