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ABSTRACT: Purpose
There is still scarce data on SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) and many unresolved questions. We aimed to describe the clinical outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Brazilian IEI patients and identify factors influencing the infection.Methods
We did a cross-sectional, multicenter study that included patients of any age affected by IEI and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The variables studied were sex, age, type of IEI, comorbidities (number and type), treatment in use for IEI, clinical manifestations and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Results
121 patients were included: 55.4% female, ages from six months to 74 yo (median age = 25.1 yo). Most patients had predominantly antibody deficiency (n = 53). The infection was mostly asymptomatic (n = 21) and mild (n = 66), and one child had multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). We could not observe sex-related susceptibility, and there was a weak correlation between age and severity of infection. The number of comorbidities was higher in severe cases, particularly bronchiectasis and cardiopathy. There were no severe cases in hereditary angioedema patients. Six patients aged 2 to 74 years died, three of them with antibody deficiency.Conclusion
The outcome was mild in most patients, but the Case Fatality Ratio was higher than in the general population. However, the type of IEI was not a determining factor for severity, except for complement deficiencies linked to milder COVID-19. The severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection seems to be more related to older age, a higher number of comorbidities and type of comorbidities (bronchiectasis and cardiopathy).
SUBMITTER: Goudouris ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8221557 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goudouris Ekaterini Simões ES Pinto-Mariz Fernanda F Mendonça Leonardo Oliveira LO Aranda Carolina Sanchez CS Guimarães Rafaela Rolla RR Kokron Cristina C Barros Myrthes Toledo MT Anísio Flávia F Alonso Maria Luiza Oliva MLO Marcelino Fernanda F Valle Solange Oliveira Rodrigues SOR Junior Sergio Dortas SD Barreto Irma Douglas Paes IDP Ferreira Janáira Fernandes Severo JFS Roxo-Junior Pérsio P do Rego Silva Almerinda Maria AM Campinhos Fernanda Lugão FL Bonfim Carmem C Loth Gisele G Fernandes Juliana Folloni JF Garcia Julia Lopes JL Capelo Albertina A Takano Olga Akiko OA Nadaf Maria Isabel Valdomir MIV Toledo Eliana C EC Cunha Luciana Araújo Oliveira LAO Di Gesu Regina Sumiko Watanabe RSW Schidlowski Laire L Fillipo Priscila P Bichuetti-Silva Daniélli C DC Soldateli Gustavo G Ferraroni Natasha Rebouças NR de Oliveira Dantas Ellen E Pestana Simone S Mansour Eli E Ulaf Raisa Gusso RG Prando Carolina C Condino-Neto Antonio A Grumach Anete Sevciovic AS
Journal of clinical immunology 20210623 7
<h4>Purpose</h4>There is still scarce data on SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) and many unresolved questions. We aimed to describe the clinical outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Brazilian IEI patients and identify factors influencing the infection.<h4>Methods</h4>We did a cross-sectional, multicenter study that included patients of any age affected by IEI and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The variables studied were sex, age, type of IEI, comorbidities (number and ty ...[more]