Treatment for Immune Thrombocytopenia in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection after COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report.

Jun Hee Lee Sang-Min Oh Eunyoung Lee Ji Hwan Bang Wan Beom Park

Published in: Infection & chemotherapy (2021)

Thrombocytopenia is one of the rare signs of both the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and COVID-19 vaccination. An 85-year-old man was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia and COVID-19, 7 days after COVID-19 vaccination. The patient was successfully treated with a short course of intravenous immunoglobulin and oral corticosteroids.

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coronavirus disease
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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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combination therapy
replacement therapy