Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Department of Hematology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct;99:269-271. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.002. Epub 2020 Aug 6.
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can cause a severe and even fatal respiratory illness named COVID-19. Apart from respiratory failure, COVID-19 may be associated with various autoimmune complications. We present a case of a critically ill patient with COVID-19 who developed severe immune thrombocytopenia that was successfully treated with a concomitant use of corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.
新型冠状病毒 SARS-CoV-2 可引起严重甚至致命的呼吸道疾病,称为 COVID-19。除呼吸衰竭外,COVID-19 可能与各种自身免疫并发症有关。我们报告了 1 例 COVID-19 危重症患者,并发严重免疫性血小板减少症,联合使用皮质类固醇和静脉注射免疫球蛋白治疗后获得成功。