Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. As of today, no specific treatment has been found COVID-19. İntravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a widely used therapy to prevent life-threatening infections in patients with primary and secon...
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| author | Mustafa Çolak Serdar Kalemci Aydın Sarıhan |
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| description | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. As of today, no specific treatment has been found COVID-19. İntravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a widely used therapy to prevent life-threatening infections in patients with primary and secondary immune deficiencies and autoimmune/inflammatory conditions. IVIG administration could be beneficial in the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19. In this respect, this presentation aimed to report a case of COVID-19 treated with IVIG. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-986faa059c4f43779aa59e77c39647022022-12-21T20:37:46ZengElsevierJournal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance2213-71652021-03-0124106107Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulinMustafa Çolak0Serdar Kalemci1Aydın Sarıhan2Department of Chest Diseases, Isparta City Hospital, Isparta, TurkeyDepartment of Chest Diseases, Medical Park Gebze Hospital, Kocaeli, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Manisa City Hospital, Manisa, Turkey; Corresponding author.Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. As of today, no specific treatment has been found COVID-19. İntravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a widely used therapy to prevent life-threatening infections in patients with primary and secondary immune deficiencies and autoimmune/inflammatory conditions. IVIG administration could be beneficial in the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19. In this respect, this presentation aimed to report a case of COVID-19 treated with IVIG.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520303179COVID-19Coronavirusintravenous immunoglobulin |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa Çolak Serdar Kalemci Aydın Sarıhan Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance COVID-19 Coronavirus intravenous immunoglobulin |
| title | Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin |
| title_full | Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin |
| title_fullStr | Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin |
| title_short | Treatment of a case of COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin |
| title_sort | treatment of a case of covid 19 by intravenous immunoglobulin |
| topic | COVID-19 Coronavirus intravenous immunoglobulin |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520303179 |
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