Sergio Espana-Cueto, Jose Ramon Santos*, Oscar Blanch-Lombarte, Joan-Ramon Grifols, Gemma Llados, Cristina Lopez, Daniel Molina-Morant, Maria Nevot, Edwards Pradenas, Benjamin Trinite, Esther Jimenez-Moyano, Ruth Pena, Silvia Marfil, Mariona Parera, Francesc Catala, Agueda Hernandez-Rodriguez, Antoni Escalas, Ignacio Blanco, Veronica Saludes, Elisa Martro, Carla Rovirosa, Eva Riveira-Munoz, Teresa Puig, Christelle Ferra, Carmen Fernandez-Arias, Julia Blanco, Ester Ballana, Bonaventura Clotet, Pere J Cardona, Marc Noguera-Julian, Julia Garcia-Prado, Lourdes Mateu, Marta Massanella and Roger Paredes
Volume3-Issue11
Dates: Received: 2022-11-03 | Accepted: 2022-11-07 | Published: 2022-11-08
Pages: 1293-1297
Abstract
We describe a case of a patient who experienced recurrent COVID-19 pneumonia over a period of 123 days. Neither remdesivir nor convalescent plasma were temporally associated with viral clearance or increased plasma neutralization capacity. Antibody levels remained low until day 151 and cellular immunity increased overtime with no viral evolution.
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Espana-Cueto S, Santos JR, Blanch-Lombarte O, Joan-Ramon G, Llados G, Lopez C, Molina-Morant D, Nevot M, Pradenas E, Trinite B, Jimenez-Moyano E, Pena R, Marfil S, Parera M, Catala F, Hernandez-Rodriguez A, Escalas A, Blanco I, Saludes V, Martro E, Rovirosa C, Riveira-Munoz E, Puig T, Ferra C, Fernandez-Arias C, Blanco J, Ballana E, Clotet B, Cardona PJ, Noguera-Julian M, Garcia-Prado J, Mateu L, Massanella M, Paredes R. Prolonged Viral Shedding and Multiple Admissions Due to SARS-CoV-2-Associated Pneumonia in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report. 2022 Nov 08; 3(11): 1293-1297. doi: 10.37871/jbres1595, Article ID: JBRES1595, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1595.pdf
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