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ABSTRACT: Background
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we detected a new immunofluorescence (IF) pattern in serum autoantibody (autoAb) screening of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients.Methods
The IF pattern was composed of liver and gastric mucosa staining on rat kidney/liver/stomach sections.Results
We describe 12 patients positive for the cross-reactive antibody, compared with a negative group of 43 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, finding association with either neurologic or thrombotic complications. In sequential pre- and post-COVID-19 serum samples, we confirmed autoAb seroconversion.Conclusions
Our data indicate that autoAb screening in COVID-19 patients may be easily performed by IF and alert for autoreactive-mediated complications such as thrombotic or neurologic events.
SUBMITTER: Schiaffino MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454719 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schiaffino María Teresa MT Di Natale Marisa M García-Martínez Elena E Navarro Joaquín J Muñoz-Blanco José Luis JL Demelo-Rodríguez Pablo P Sánchez-Mateos Paloma P
The Journal of infectious diseases 20201001 9
<h4>Background</h4>During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we detected a new immunofluorescence (IF) pattern in serum autoantibody (autoAb) screening of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients.<h4>Methods</h4>The IF pattern was composed of liver and gastric mucosa staining on rat kidney/liver/stomach sections.<h4>Results</h4>We describe 12 patients positive for the cross-reactive antibody, compared with a negative group of 43 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, finding association wi ...[more]