Pure red cell aplasia accompanied by COVID-19 successfully treated using cyclosporine

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A 67-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March 2020. Mechanical ventilation was initiated 8 days after admission, due to severe respiratory failure. Multiple severe complications such as liver dysfunction, arrhythmia, brain infarction, and venous thromboembolism were also observed. We initially diagnosed Coombs test-positive warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Corticosteroids proved ineffective and anemia worsened with severe erythroid hypoplasia (0.5% erythroblasts in bone marrow), so we diagnosed pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). We also identified massive infiltration of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes expressing CD8, granzyme B, and perforin in bone marrow. Systemic cyclosporine was started, with full resolution of anemia and no need for blood transfusions after 4 weeks. We believe that this represents the first report of COVID-19-associated PRCA successfully treated using cyclosporine.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 28(2022), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 304-307

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamazaki, Susumu [VerfasserIn]
Naito, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Sekiya, Ryu [VerfasserIn]
Yogi, Sanehiro [VerfasserIn]
Komiyama, Kenichiro [VerfasserIn]
Miyakawa, Yoshitaka [VerfasserIn]
Nagata, Makoto [VerfasserIn]

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83HN0GTJ6D
COVID-19
Case Reports
Cyclosporine
Journal Article
Pure red cell aplasia

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Date Completed 18.01.2022

Date Revised 18.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jiac.2021.10.018

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NLM333104404