Outcome of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia treated with high-dose immunoglobulin therapy in a prospective case series

Esteban Reynaga; Jorge Carrillo; Jose Ramón Santos; Silvia Roure; Lourdes Mateu; Roger Paredes; Bonaventura Clotet; Nuria Izquierdo-Useros; Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.010

Outcome of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia treated with high-dose immunoglobulin therapy in a prospective case series

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Apr;27(4):651-652. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.010. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Authors

Esteban Reynaga¹, Jorge Carrillo², Jose Ramón Santos¹, Silvia Roure¹, Lourdes Mateu³, Roger Paredes⁴, Bonaventura Clotet⁵, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros², Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet⁶

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Department, Fight Against AIDS Foundation (FLS), Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain.
² IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Can Ruti Campus, 08916, Badalona, Spain.
³ Infectious Diseases Department, Fight Against AIDS Foundation (FLS), Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain; University Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERes: Centro de Investigaciones en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Del Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Department, Fight Against AIDS Foundation (FLS), Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain; IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Can Ruti Campus, 08916, Badalona, Spain.
⁵ Infectious Diseases Department, Fight Against AIDS Foundation (FLS), Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain; IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Can Ruti Campus, 08916, Badalona, Spain; Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CESS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic - UCC), Vic, Spain; University Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERes: Centro de Investigaciones en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Del Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Infectious Diseases Department, Fight Against AIDS Foundation (FLS), Germans Trias I Pujol Hospital, Badalona, Spain; University Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERes: Centro de Investigaciones en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias Del Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: mlpbotet.germanstrias@gencat.cat.

Abstract

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / therapy*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Immunization, Passive*
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / administration & dosage
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
Inflammation / therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Immunoglobulins, Intravenous