Associations of medications used during hospitalization and immunological changes in patients with COVID-19 during 3-month follow-up

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BACKGROUND: Understanding the immunological responses in COVID-19 patients during their recovery period is essential to the development of a vaccine and herd immunity.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study screened 233 patients admitted to the First Hospital of Changsha, China with COVID-19 from January 17th to February 29th, 2020. After completion of SARS-CoV2-specific immunoglobulins, and T cells tests at 2-week and 3-month follow-up points after discharge, 87 were enrolled. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to assess changes in the values of IgG and IgM, the number of CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and CD4+/CD8+ ratio during the 3-month follow-up. Linear regressions were used to evaluate the associations of immunological changes and medications during hospitalization.

RESULTS: The positive rate of IgG decreased from 98.6% (40/41) to 85.4% (35/41) in men and 100% (43/43) to 76.7% (33/43) in women, whereas IgM declined from 34.1% (14/41) to 12.2% (5/41) in men and 37.2% (16/43) to 27.9% (12/43) in women during the follow-up. CD4+ T cells increased from (median (IQR), 484 (384-635)) cells/ul to 543 (414-657) cells/ul (P = 0.01). Antibiotic use was negatively associated with IgG change (mean change [95%CI], 8.08 [0.80-15.37] U, P = 0.03), and glucocorticoid use was positively related to increased CD4+ T cells (100.85 [16.56-185.15] cells/ul, P = 0.02).

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that the positive rates and values of IgG and IgM decreased in COVID-19 patients over a 3-month follow-up, while CD4+ T cells significantly increased. Moreover, we found that antibiotic use during hospitalization was associated with IgG decrease, and glucocorticoid use was associated with increases in CD4+ T cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

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International immunopharmacology - 89(2020), Pt A vom: 01. Dez., Seite 107121

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Dun, Yaoshan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
You, Baiyang [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Kongliang [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Huijun [VerfasserIn]
Ripley-Gonzalez, Jeffrey W [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Suixin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jiyang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Immunological response
Journal Article
Medication

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Date Completed 15.12.2020

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107121

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NLM317361503