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- Title
Two Fatal Cases of Acute Liver Failure Due to HSV-1 Infection in COVID-19 Patients Following Immunomodulatory Therapies.
- Authors
Busani, Stefano; Bedini, Andrea; Biagioni, Emanuela; Serio, Lucia; Tonelli, Roberto; Meschiari, Marianna; Franceschini, Erica; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Cossarizza, Andrea; Clini, Enrico; Maiorana, Antonino; Gennari, William; Maria, Nicola De; Luppi, Mario; Mussini, Cristina; Girardis, Massimo; (MoCo19), Modena Covid-19 Working Group
- Abstract
We report two fatal cases of acute liver failure secondary to herpes simplex virus 1 infection in COVID-19 patients, following tocilizumab and corticosteroid therapy. Screening for and prompt recognition of herpes simplex virus 1 reactivation in these patients, undergoing immunomodulatory treatment, may have potentially relevant clinical consequences.
- Subjects
COVID-19; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; TOCILIZUMAB; HERPES simplex; ACUTE diseases; LIVER failure; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 73, Issue 1, pe252
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa1246