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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Infect Dis
. 2020 Aug 6;S1201-9712(20)30633-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.002. Online ahead of print.
Severe immune thrombocytopenia in a critically ill COVID-19 patient
Ziga Martincic[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Skopec[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Karla Rener[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Matej Mavric[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tomaz Vovko[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Matjaz Jereb[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Milica Lukic[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can cause severe and even fatal respiratory illness named COVID-19. Apart from respiratory failure, COVID-19 may be associated with various autoimmune complications. We present a case of a critically ill patient with COVID-19, who developed severe immune thrombocytopenia, which was successfully treated with a concomitant use of corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.
Keywords: COVID-19; Corticosteroids; Immune thrombocytopenia; Intravenous immunoglobulins; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 Aug 6;S1201-9712(20)30633-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.002. Online ahead of print.
Severe immune thrombocytopenia in a critically ill COVID-19 patient
Ziga Martincic[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Skopec[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Karla Rener[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Matej Mavric[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tomaz Vovko[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Matjaz Jereb[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Milica Lukic[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32771636
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.002
Abstract
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can cause severe and even fatal respiratory illness named COVID-19. Apart from respiratory failure, COVID-19 may be associated with various autoimmune complications. We present a case of a critically ill patient with COVID-19, who developed severe immune thrombocytopenia, which was successfully treated with a concomitant use of corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.
Keywords: COVID-19; Corticosteroids; Immune thrombocytopenia; Intravenous immunoglobulins; SARS-CoV-2.