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Da Silva L, Klopfenstein T, Gendrin V, Clouet J, Toko L, Richier Q, Leriche T, Nicolas R, Queijo A, Sreiri N, Lacombe K, Zayet S. Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients Receiving Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies: A Diagnostic Challenged by Negative Nasopharyngeal RT-PCR and Successful Treatment with COVID-19 High-Titer Convalescent Plasma. Viruses 2023; 15:2220. [PMID: 38005897 PMCID: PMC10675708 DOI: 10.3390/v15112220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
Abstract
We highlighted in this current paper similar prolonged respiratory presentation with COVID-19 pneumonia in four severely immunocompromised patients currently being treated with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), such as ocrelizumab and rituximab, for multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid polyarthritis. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction on a nasopharyngeal swab specimen was negative in all patients. SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. A high titer of post-vaccine COVID-19 convalescent plasma was administered with complete recovery in all patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Léa Da Silva
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Timothée Klopfenstein
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Vincent Gendrin
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Julien Clouet
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Lynda Toko
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Quentin Richier
- Infectious Diseases Department, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Saint-Antoine Hospital, 75012 Paris, France; (Q.R.)
| | - Thomas Leriche
- Rheumatology Department, Nord Franche-Comte Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France;
| | - Raoul Nicolas
- Pneumologie Department, Nord Franche-Comte Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France;
| | - Alexis Queijo
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Nour Sreiri
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
| | - Karine Lacombe
- Infectious Diseases Department, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Saint-Antoine Hospital, 75012 Paris, France; (Q.R.)
- INSERM, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (IPLESP), Sorbonne University, 75646 Paris, France
| | - Souheil Zayet
- Infectious Diseases Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, 90400 Trevenans, France; (L.D.S.); (V.G.); (L.T.); (A.Q.); (N.S.)
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