Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Maurizia Lanza; Giorgio Emanuele Polistina; Pasquale Imitazione; Anna Annunziata; Valentina Di Spirito; Carannante Novella; Giuseppe Fiorentino

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00794

Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in severe COVID-19 pneumonia

IDCases. 2020 May 16:21:e00794. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00794. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Maurizia Lanza¹, Giorgio Emanuele Polistina¹, Pasquale Imitazione¹, Anna Annunziata¹, Valentina Di Spirito¹, Carannante Novella², Giuseppe Fiorentino¹

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
² First Division Infectious Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Abstract

We describe a 42-year old woman, admitted to our Department after 15 days of persistence of respiratory failure and treated with infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin with a successful outcome.

Keywords: COVID 19; Immunoglobulin; Pandemia; Pneumoniae; Respiratory failure.

Publication types

Case Reports