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Editor, Senior Moderator
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 1;12(1):e2020044.
doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2020.044. eCollection 2020.
Successful Outcomes of Severe COVID-19 in Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Diagnostic Challenges in Immunocompromised Hosts
Alexandre E Malek[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Gutierrez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Victor E Mulanovich[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joshua Botdorf[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roy F Chemaly[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shivan Shah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brandi M McCall[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Judd T Melancon[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kelly K McConn[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jovan Borjan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Issam I Raad[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jan A Burger[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Guillermo Garcia-Manero[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Javier A Adachi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The emergence and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus have led to an unprecedented public health crisis around the globe, threatening the lives of millions of people. We report a severe case of COVID-19 in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and describe primarily the clinical presentation and the challenges encountered in the COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, and specimens sampling pitfalls. This case highlights the importance of a comprehensive diagnostic approach of pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts, including timely and safe bronchoscopy, because of the broad differential diagnosis, more challenging with the current outbreak of COVID-19.
Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; Cancer patients; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
. 2020 Jul 1;12(1):e2020044.
doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2020.044. eCollection 2020.
Successful Outcomes of Severe COVID-19 in Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Diagnostic Challenges in Immunocompromised Hosts
Alexandre E Malek[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Gutierrez[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Victor E Mulanovich[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joshua Botdorf[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Roy F Chemaly[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shivan Shah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Brandi M McCall[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Judd T Melancon[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kelly K McConn[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jovan Borjan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Issam I Raad[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jan A Burger[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Guillermo Garcia-Manero[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Javier A Adachi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32670522
- PMCID: PMC7340251
- DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2020.044
Abstract
The emergence and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus have led to an unprecedented public health crisis around the globe, threatening the lives of millions of people. We report a severe case of COVID-19 in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and describe primarily the clinical presentation and the challenges encountered in the COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, and specimens sampling pitfalls. This case highlights the importance of a comprehensive diagnostic approach of pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts, including timely and safe bronchoscopy, because of the broad differential diagnosis, more challenging with the current outbreak of COVID-19.
Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; Cancer patients; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.