Erschienen in:
25.06.2020 | Letter to the Editor
IL-1R blockade is not effective in patients with hematological malignancies and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection
verfasst von:
Carolina Villegas, María Poza, Paloma Talayero, José Manuel Caro Teller, Denis Zafra, Cristina Garcia, Elena Vera, Marta Hidalgo, Nieves Lopez, Clara Cuellar, Irene Zamanillo, Rodrigo Íñiguez, Estela Paz-Artal, José M. Aguado, J. Martinez-Lopez
Erschienen in:
Annals of Hematology
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Ausgabe 12/2020
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Excerpt
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been confirmed in more than three million people worldwide. This infection can become serious in 20% of cases, with a mortality rate of 3–7%, much higher than that of influenza (1%) [
1,
2]. Hematological patients are a vulnerable subpopulation due to altered immunity secondary to underlying disease and treatment. Clinical outcomes may be completely different from that of the general population. …