J 2021

Predictive factors for a severe course of COVID-19 infection in myasthenia gravis patients with an overall impact on myasthenic outcome status and survival

JAKUBIKOVA, Michala, Michaela TYBLOVA, Adam TESAR, Magda HORÁKOVÁ, Daniela VLAŽNÁ et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Predictive factors for a severe course of COVID-19 infection in myasthenia gravis patients with an overall impact on myasthenic outcome status and survival

Autoři

JAKUBIKOVA, Michala (203 Česká republika, garant), Michaela TYBLOVA (203 Česká republika), Adam TESAR (203 Česká republika), Magda HORÁKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Daniela VLAŽNÁ (703 Slovensko, domácí), Irena RYSANKOVA (203 Česká republika), Iveta NOVAKOVA (203 Česká republika), Kristyna DOLECKOVA (203 Česká republika), Pavel DUSEK (203 Česká republika), Jiri PITHA (203 Česká republika), Stanislav VOHÁŇKA (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Josef BEDNAŘÍK (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

European Journal of Neurology, Oxford, Rapid Science Ltd. 2021, 1351-5101

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30210 Clinical neurology

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 6.288

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00121957

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

UT WoS

000665783600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

corticosteroids; COVID-19; immunosuppression; myasthenia gravis; rituximab

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 7. 12. 2021 12:59, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Anotace

V originále

Background and purpose Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients could be a vulnerable group in the pandemic era of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) mainly due to respiratory muscle weakness, older age and long-term immunosuppressive treatment. We aimed to define factors predicting the severity of COVID-19 in MG patients and risk of MG exacerbation during COVID-19. Methods We evaluated clinical features and outcomes after COVID-19 in 93 MG patients. Results Thirty-five patients (38%) had severe pneumonia and we recorded 10 deaths (11%) due to COVID-19. Higher forced vital capacity (FVC) values tested before COVID-19 were shown to be protective against severe infection (95% CI 0.934-0.98) as well as good control of MG measured by the quantified myasthenia gravis score (95% CI 1.047-1.232). Long-term chronic corticosteroid treatment worsened the course of COVID-19 in MG patients (95% CI 1.784-111.43) and this impact was positively associated with dosage (p = 0.005). Treatment using azathioprine (95% CI 0.448-2.935), mycophenolate mofetil (95% CI 0.91-12.515) and ciclosporin (95% CI 0.029-2.212) did not influence the course of COVID-19. MG patients treated with rituximab had a high risk of death caused by COVID-19 (95% CI 3.216-383.971). Exacerbation of MG during infection was relatively rare (15%) and was not caused by remdesivir, convalescent plasma or favipiravir (95% CI 0.885-10.87). Conclusions As the most important predictors of severe COVID-19 in MG patients we identified unsatisfied condition of MG with lower FVC, previous long-term corticosteroid treatment especially in higher doses, older age, the presence of cancer, and recent rituximab treatment.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1600/2020, interní kód MU
Název: Diagnostika a patofyziologie neuropatické bolesti (Akronym: PNB)
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Diagnostika a patofyziologie neuropatické bolesti