Neurology Section - Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Medical Direction, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2020 Sep;44:102372. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102372. Epub 2020 Jul 4.
Neurologists are interested in understanding whether patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) undergoing immunomodulatory/immunosuppressive therapy are more susceptible to developing COVID-19 or have worse outcomes. Currently, there are no conclusive data in this regard. We report the prevalence and severity of COVID-19 (confirmed and possible) in pwMS followed at the Veneto Regional MS Center in Verona (Italy), an area most stricken by COVID-19. In our sample size, the prevalence of COVID-19 seems to be much higher than that officially reported at the regional level on the general population, but it also characterized by a favourable course.
神经病学家感兴趣的是了解接受免疫调节/免疫抑制治疗的多发性硬化症 (pwMS) 患者是否更容易感染 COVID-19 或出现更糟糕的结果。目前,这方面尚无确凿的数据。我们报告了在维罗纳的威尼托地区多发性硬化症中心(意大利)接受治疗的 pwMS 中 COVID-19(确诊和可能)的患病率和严重程度,该地区受 COVID-19 的影响最大。在我们的样本量中,COVID-19 的患病率似乎远高于该地区普通人群的官方报告,但它也具有良好的病程。