Abstract:
:Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome which may lead to death. Several treatments have been tested in the race to find a treatment regimen for this deadly viral infection. Tocilizumab, a recombinant humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody, has been used and found to be beneficial in patients with COVID-19 and in cytokine storm. We present the case of a young, otherwise healthy male, presenting with COVID-19 and successfully treated in the intensive care unit with tocilizumab.
journal_name
Ann Thorac Medjournal_title
Annals of thoracic medicineauthors
Douedi S,Chaudhri M,Miskoff Jdoi
10.4103/atm.ATM_286_20subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-07-01 00:00:00pages
171-173issue
3eissn
1817-1737issn
1998-3557pii
ATM-15-171journal_volume
15pub_type
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