A fatal course of COVID-19 during the Omicron surge : can you estimate your patients' SARS-CoV-2 immune status?

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We present a case of an ultimately fatal course of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-19) in an 81-year-old female patient during the Omicron surge. The patient did not represent the typical patient at risk for severe COVID-19 with significant causes of immunodeficiency. However, she had been skeptical about the vaccination for severe acute respiratory syndrome virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and had refused it. Moreover, there had been no previous COVID-19 episodes. Our case report illustrates that with regard to SARS-CoV-2, immunologically naive patients are still at risk for severe and/or even fatal courses of COVID-19. We call to implement both, recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations as well as for antiviral treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Infection - 52(2024), 1 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 271-273

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mersch, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Schlabe, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Breitschwerdt, Sven [VerfasserIn]
Laufenberg, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Emmert, Dorian [VerfasserIn]
Aldabbagh, Souhaib [VerfasserIn]
Boesecke, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Monin, Malte Benedikt [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Case Reports
Immune status
Journal Article
Omicron variant of concern
Severe course

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Date Completed 26.01.2024

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s15010-023-02120-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364243325