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. 2020 Jul 17;24(1):444.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03158-0.

Infliximab against severe COVID-19-induced cytokine storm syndrome with organ failure-a cautionary case series

Andreas Stallmach  1 , Andreas Kortgen  2 , Falk Gonnert  3 , Sina M Coldewey  2   4   5 , Philipp Reuken  1 , Michael Bauer  6   7
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Infliximab against severe COVID-19-induced cytokine storm syndrome with organ failure-a cautionary case series

Andreas Stallmach et al. Crit Care. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Outside of the study, AS has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Celltrion, Janssen, MSD, Mundipharma, and Takeda; lecture fees and support for travel accommodation from AbbVie, Amgen, FalkFoundation, Janssen, MSD, and Takeda; and research funding from Abbvie and Celltrion.

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Impact of TNF neutralization by infliximab on the course of IL-6 (a) and lymphocytes (b) in severe COVID-19. Gray bar and dotted lines indicate Q1 and Q3 and median of 15 contemporary control patients, respectively. Solid lines indicate the individual course of seven patients treated with infliximab. Red: course of the non-survivor receiving infliximab
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