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. 2023 Aug 1;42(8):e290-e292.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003938. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in a Pediatric Patient With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency and Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in a Pediatric Patient With Severe Combined Immunodeficiency and Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Amanda Bermejo-Gómez et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

We describe the use of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in a pediatric patient with severe combined immunodeficiency who required urgent stem cell transplantation to cure his disease.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04425629.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Number 1 (day 0): PICU admission, intubation, diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, diagnosis and treatment of PJP pneumonia, diagnosis of SCID. Number 2 (day 40): extubation. Number 3 (day 62): remdesivir treatment. Number 4 (day 97): monoclonal antibody treatment. Number 5 (day 118): SCT. *Negative RT-PCR results are shown with Ct = 40. NPS indicates nasopharyngeal swab; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit; PJP, pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency; SCT, stem cell transplantation. Figure created with Infogram app.

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