Repeated false-negative tests delayed diagnosis of COVID-19 in a case with granulomatosis with polyangiitis under maintenance therapy with rituximab and concomitant influenza pneumonia

Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Mar;82(3):e74. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218491. Epub 2020 Jul 15.
No abstract available

Keywords: granulomatosis with polyangiitis; inflammation; systemic vasculitis.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Testing
  • COVID-19* / complications
  • Delayed Diagnosis
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis* / complications
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis* / diagnosis
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human* / complications
  • Pneumonia*
  • Rituximab / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Rituximab