Successful treatment of an elderly patient with severe eosinophilic asthma and eosinophilic myocarditis using benralizumab

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2022 Feb;22(2):175-176. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14329. Epub 2021 Dec 14.

Authors

Norio Kodaka¹, Chihiro Nakano¹, Takeshi Oshio¹, Takatomo Hirouchi¹, Manabu Satou², Masao Moroi², Toshiaki Oharaseki³, Hiroto Matsuse¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Pathology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 34904356
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14329

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Asthma* / complications
Asthma* / diagnosis
Asthma* / drug therapy
Humans
Myocarditis* / diagnosis
Myocarditis* / drug therapy

Substances

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
benralizumab