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  • BACKGROUND: While it is presumed that immunosuppressed patients, such as solid organ transplant recipients on immunosuppression, are at greater risk from SARS-CoV-2 infection than the general population, the antibody response to infection in this patient population has not been studied. METHODS: In this report, we follow the anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in patients with COVID-19 who are undergoing exogenous immunosuppression. Specifically, we studied the antibody response of three solid organ transplant recipient patients, three patients who take daily inhaled fluticasone, and a patient on etanercept and daily inhaled fluticasone, and compared them to five patients not on exogenous immunosuppression. RESULTS: We found that the solid organ transplant patients on full immunosuppression are at risk of having a delayed antibody response and poor outcome. We did not find evidence that inhaled steroids nor etanercept predispose patients to delayed immune response to SARS-CoV-2. CONCLUSION: The data presented here suggest that solid organ transplant recipients may be good candidates for early targeted intervention against SARS-CoV-2.
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?:doi
  • 10.1093/jalm/jfaa232
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?:journal
  • J_Appl_Lab_Med
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/8b53a8452c4cf6ddd1eb67aebd70411e4181154a.json
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?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 33367709.0
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?:source
  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • SARS-CoV-2 serologic immune response in exogenously immunosuppressed patients
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?:year
  • 2020-12-24

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