COVID-19 infection in patients with multiple myeloma: a German-Chinese experience from Würzburg and Wuhan.

Autor: Zhou, Xiang, Bai, Tao, Meckel, Katharina, Song, Jun, Jin, Yu, Kortüm, K. Martin, Einsele, Hermann, Hou, Xiaohua, Rasche, Leo
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Zdroj: Annals of Hematology; Mar2021, Vol. 100 Issue 3, p843-846, 4p
Abstrakt: Copyright comment corrected publication 2021 Dear Editor, The Chinese colleagues from Wuhan reported for the first time the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which caused severe acute respiratory syndrome [[1]]. The patient No. 7 who was receiving the frontline therapy with VTD also had an elevated procalcitonin value (30.05 ng/ml), suggesting an additional bacterial infection, and, despite maximal medical care, this patient died due to acute respiratory failure. Importantly, MM patients with COVID-19 infection need close monitoring for severe COVID-19-related complications, and early intervention may be life-saving for the patients [[11]]. [Extracted from the article]
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