Shields, Adrian M;
Anantharachagan, Ariharan;
Arumugakani, Gururaj;
Baker, Kenneth;
Bahal, Sameer;
Baxendale, Helen;
Bermingham, William;
... Richter, Alex G; + view all
(2022)
Outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiency in the UK.
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
10.1093/cei/uxac008.
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Abstract
In March 2020, the United Kingdom Primary Immunodeficiency Network (UKPIN) established a registry of cases to collate the outcomes of individuals with PID and SID following SARS-CoV-2 infection and treatment. A total of 310 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals with PID or SID have now been reported in the UK. The overall mortality within the cohort was 17.7% (n = 55/310). Individuals with CVID demonstrated an infection fatality rate (IFR) of 18.3% (n = 17/93), individuals with PID receiving IgRT had an IFR of 16.3% (n = 26/159) and individuals with SID, an IFR of 27.2% (n = 25/92). Individuals with PID and SID had higher inpatient mortality and died at a younger age than the general population. Increasing age, low pre-SARS-CoV-2 infection lymphocyte count and the presence of common co-morbidities increased the risk of mortality in PID. Access to specific COVID-19 treatments in this cohort was limited: only 22.9% (n = 33/144) of patients admitted to the hospital received dexamethasone, remdesivir, an anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody-based therapeutic (e.g. REGN-COV2 or convalescent plasma) or tocilizumab as a monotherapy or in combination. Dexamethasone, remdesivir, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody-based therapeutics appeared efficacious in PID and SID. Compared to the general population, individuals with PID or SID are at high risk of mortality following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Increasing age, low baseline lymphocyte count, and the presence of co-morbidities are additional risk factors for poor outcome in this cohort.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiency in the UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/cei/uxac008 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/cei/uxac008 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Immunology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
| Keywords: | COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, hypogammaglobulinemia, inborn errors of immunity, primary immunodeficiencies, secondary immunodeficiencies, lymphopenia |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146766 |
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