SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with autoimmune hepatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to have a devastating impact across the globe. However, little is known about the disease course in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH).

Methods

Data for patients with AIH and SARS-CoV-2 infection were combined from 3 international reporting registries and outcomes were compared to those in patients with chronic liver disease of other aetiology (non-AIH CLD) and to patients without liver disease (non-CLD).

Results

Between 25^th March and 24^th October 2020, data were collected for 932 patients with CLD and SARS-CoV-2 infection including 70 with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Fifty-eight (83%) patients with AIH were taki

SUBMITTER: Marjot T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature