Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Maurizia Lanza; Giorgio Emanuele Polistina; Pasquale Imitazione; Anna Annunziata; Valentina Di Spirito; Carannante Novella; Giuseppe Fiorentino

IDCases (Jan 2020)

Successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Maurizia Lanza,
Giorgio Emanuele Polistina,
Pasquale Imitazione,
Anna Annunziata,
Valentina Di Spirito,
Carannante Novella,
Giuseppe Fiorentino

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Maurizia Lanza: Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy; Corresponding author.
Giorgio Emanuele Polistina: Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
Pasquale Imitazione: Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
Anna Annunziata: Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
Valentina Di Spirito: Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
Carannante Novella: First Division Infectious Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy
Giuseppe Fiorentino: Unit of Respiratory Physiopathology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21
p. e00794

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We describe a 42-year old woman, admitted to our Department after 15 days of persistence of respiratory failure and treated with infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin with a successful outcome.

Published in IDCases

ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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