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ArticleThe American journal of case reports2021

The Clinical Course of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a 19-Year-Old Man on Intravenous Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy for X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia.

Ali Almontasheri, Faisal Al-Husayni, Anas K Alsuraihi, Hanan Binyahib, Amr S Albanna

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Article in The American journal of case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. COVID-19 and Inborn Errors of Immunity.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022
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  6. SARS-CoV-2 Infection in an Adolescent With X-linked Agammaglobulinemia.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ali AlmontasheriDepartment of Allergy and Immunology, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal Al-HusayniKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Anas K AlsuraihiDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Hanan BinyahibCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Amr S AlbannaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SANational Guard Health Affairs · SAKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Since the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), patients with the illness have presented with considerable variation in severity. Some infected individuals present mild or no symptoms, while others present severe illness with some fatal outcomes. Multiple lines of management have been suggested for critically ill patients, such as intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and steroids. IVIG is the main treatment for patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Multiple studies have reported that these patients have excellent outcomes when they contract COVID-19. This report describes the clinical course of COVID-19 pneumonia due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a 19-year-old man on IVIG replacement therapy for X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). CASE REPORT A patient with XLA receiving a monthly dose of IVIG and having bronchiectasis managed by prophylactic azithromycin presented with fever, shortness of breath, productive cough, and diarrhea. He was admitted to our hospital with SARS-CoV-2 infection. His treatment course for COVID-19 was uncomplicated and had excellent results. He completed a 10-day course of piperacillin/tazobactam and his symptoms resolved 3 days after admission, without complications, oxygen supplementation, or intensive care unit admission. CONCLUSIONS Patients with XLA have weakened immunity and therefore may present with an infection as a first symptom. This report describes the mild course of COVID-19 pneumonia in an immunologically vulnerable patient with XLA who presented with SARS-CoV-2 infection while undergoing IVIG replacement therapy. Currently, IVIG is one of many supportive immune therapies undergoing clinical evaluation in patients with severe COVID-19.

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AgammaglobulinemiaAnti-Bacterial AgentsCOVID-19FeverGenetic Diseases, X-LinkedHumansImmunocompromised HostImmunoglobulins, IntravenousMalePiperacillin, Tazobactam Drug CombinationPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Young AdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsImmunoglobulins, IntravenousPiperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination

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PMID33612712
PMCPMC7912932
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