Case Report: Tocilizumab for the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Patient With Aplastic Anemia.

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 aplastic anemia cytokine storm tocilizumab

Journal

Frontiers in oncology
ISSN: 2234-943X
Titre abrégé: Front Oncol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101568867

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 15 05 2020
accepted: 17 08 2020
entrez: 19 10 2020
pubmed: 20 10 2020
medline: 20 10 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

While cytokine storm develops in a minority of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, novel treatment approaches are desperately needed for those in whom it does. Tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 receptor antibody, has been utilized for the treatment of cytokine storm in a number of severe inflammatory conditions, including in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we present the first published case utilizing this therapy in a patient with underlying immunodeficiency. Our patient with aplastic anemia developed cytokine storm due to COVID-19 manifested by fever, severe hypoxia, pulmonary infiltrates, and elevated inflammatory markers. Following treatment with tocilizumab, cytokine storm resolved, and the patient was ultimately safely discharged from the hospital.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33072589
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.562625
pmc: PMC7531270
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

562625

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Keiffer, French, Wilde, Filicko-O'Hara, Gergis and Binder.

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Auteurs

Gina Keiffer (G)

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Zachary French (Z)

Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Lindsay Wilde (L)

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Joanne Filicko-O'Hara (J)

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Usama Gergis (U)

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Adam F Binder (AF)

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

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