Mucous membrane pemphigoid and COVID-19 treated with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins: a case report.


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
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

Pagination

446-447

Auteurs

Maryam Daneshpazhooh (M)

Department of Dermatology, Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research Center, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Tahereh Soori (T)

Department of Infectious Diseases, Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research Center, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ahdie Isazade (A)

Department of Dermatology, Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research Center, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Pedram Noormohammadpour (P)

Department of Dermatology, Autoimmune Bullous Diseases Research Center, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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