Rapid clinical recovery of a SARS-CoV-2 infected common variable immunodeficiency patient following the infusion of COVID-19 convalescent plasma

Autor: Luciana C. Ribeiro, Bruno Deltreggia Benites, Raisa G. Ulaf, Thyago A. Nunes, Carolina Costa-Lima, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, José Luiz Proenca-Modena, Fabiana Granja, Vitor Antonio da Costa, Adriana da Silva Santos Duarte, Audrey Basso Zangirolami, Emerson Clayton Amaro, Eli Mansour, Ricardo L. Zollner, Licio A. Velloso
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: 10.1186/s13223-021-00518-5
Popis: Abstract Background Common variable immunodeficiency is the most prevalent symptomatic primary immunodeficiency in adults. Affected patients fail to mount an appropriate humoral response against community acquired infectious diseases and recent reports have provided data supporting the increased susceptibility of these patients to severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. In this context, the infusion of COVID-19 convalescent plasma could represent an effective therapeutic strategy. Case presentation 25-year old woman diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency in 2013, developed severe COVID-19 that rapidly progressed to pneumonia presenting with multiple bilateral lung opacities that were both central and peripheral and presented as ground-glass and consolidation types involving all lobes, bilaterally. As blood oxygen saturation decayed and lung abnormalities were not responsive to large spectrum antibiotics and corticosteroids, patient was placed on mechanical ventilation and compassionate-use of approved COVID-19 convalescent donor plasma was introduced. The patient presented a rapid response to the approach and mechanical ventilation could be interrupted 24 h after first dose of COVID-19 convalescent donor plasma. As a whole, the patient received four doses of 200 mL convalescent plasma during a period of 6 days. There was rapid improvement of clinical status, with interruption of supplemental oxygen therapy after 6 days and reduction of lung abnormalities as evidence by sequential computed tomography scans. Conclusions This is a single patient report that adds to other few reports on common variable immunodeficiency and agammaglobulinemia, suggesting that COVID-19 convalescent donor plasma could be a valuable therapeutic approach to treat patients affected by dysgammaglobulinemias and presenting severe COVID-19.
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