COVID-19 infection in immunodeficient patient cured by infusing convalescent plasma
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21 January 2021COVID-19 infection in immunodeficient patient cured by infusing convalescent plasma
A 72-year-old woman was hospitalized with severe COVID-19 disease, 33 days after the onset of symptoms. She was suffering a prolonged deteriorating illness, with severe pneumonia and a high risk of death, and she was unable to mount her own immune defense against the SARS-CoV-2 virus because of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which compromises normal immunoglobulin production.
