Mucous membrane pemphigoid and COVID-19 treated with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins: a case report.
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents
/ therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents
/ therapeutic use
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
/ complications
Deprescriptions
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
/ complications
Drug Combinations
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Hypertension
/ complications
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
/ therapeutic use
Immunologic Factors
/ therapeutic use
Iran
Lopinavir
/ therapeutic use
Male
Mycophenolic Acid
/ therapeutic use
Oseltamivir
/ therapeutic use
Pandemics
Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane
/ complications
Pneumonia, Viral
/ complications
Prednisolone
/ therapeutic use
Ritonavir
/ therapeutic use
Rituximab
/ therapeutic use
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, Spiral Computed
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
COVID-19
IVIg
Mucous membrane pemphigoid
Journal
The Journal of dermatological treatment
ISSN: 1471-1753
Titre abrégé: J Dermatolog Treat
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8918133
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
5
5
2020
medline:
18
7
2020
entrez:
5
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This is a report of a case with mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) with severe eye involvement and concurrent COVID-19 treated successfully using simultaneous high dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and anti-viral treatment as hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir, and ribavirin. He had finished a 2-g cycle of rituximab (RTX) in late January. He was receiving mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for one month and 30 mg prednisolone for three months until his hospitalization. Prednisolone was tapered to 15 mg when current COVID-19 was suspected, considering his recent cough, dyspnea, and fever.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32363963
doi: 10.1080/09546634.2020.1764472
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Antiviral Agents
0
Drug Combinations
0
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
0
Immunologic Factors
0
lopinavir-ritonavir drug combination
0
Oseltamivir
20O93L6F9H
Lopinavir
2494G1JF75
Rituximab
4F4X42SYQ6
Prednisolone
9PHQ9Y1OLM
Mycophenolic Acid
HU9DX48N0T
Ritonavir
O3J8G9O825
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM