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Relapsing COVID-19 infection as a manifestation of Good syndrome: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT: Good syndrome (GS) is a rare acquired immunodeficiency disease characterized by the presence of thymoma with combined B and T cell immunodeficiency in adults. Recurrent bacterial infections, particularly sinopulmonary infections caused by encapsulated bacteria, remain the most common infective presentation of GS; however, relapsing viral infections have also been reported, likely due to impaired T cell-mediated immunity. Relapsing COVID-19 infection, however, has not been previously reported as a manifestation of GS. We present two cases of relapsing COVID-19 infection in patients with GS; in one case, relapsing COVID-19 was the first manifestation of newly diagnosed GS.

SUBMITTER: Wee LE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9809144 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Relapsing COVID-19 infection as a manifestation of Good syndrome: a case report and literature review.

Wee Liang En LE Tan Jing Yuan JY Oon Lynette Lin Ean LLE Pena Angela Maria Takano AMT Quek Jeffrey Kim Siang JKS Venkatachalam Indumathi I Ko Karrie Kwan-Ki KK Wijaya Limin L

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 20230103

Good syndrome (GS) is a rare acquired immunodeficiency disease characterized by the presence of thymoma with combined B and T cell immunodeficiency in adults. Recurrent bacterial infections, particularly sinopulmonary infections caused by encapsulated bacteria, remain the most common infective presentation of GS; however, relapsing viral infections have also been reported, likely due to impaired T cell-mediated immunity. Relapsing COVID-19 infection, however, has not been previously reported as ...[more]

PMID: 36608786

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Relapsing COVID-19 infection as a manifestation of Good syndrome: a case report and literature review.

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Relapsing COVID-19 infection as a manifestation of Good syndrome: a case report and literature review.

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