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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in Wuhan, China, and caused a pandemic in the world SARS-CoV-2 infections have a great health risk, especially in patients with chronic diseases There are concerns that COVID-19 will be more severe in patients with severe asthma The efficacy and safety of biological agents used in severe asthmatics during SARS-CoV-2 infections are currently unknown In this case report, we present a patient who had been using omalizumab for five years with the diagnosis of severe asthma and died due to COVID-19 To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a Turkish patient who died due to COVID-19 under omalizumab treatment for severe asthma
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