Life-threatening COVID-19 in a thymoma patient with anti-interferon-α autoantibodies.

IF 4.5 2区医学 Q2 IMMUNOLOGY

Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI:10.1016/j.jmii.2025.02.002

Yu-Shan Shih, Wan-Ting Tsai, Bei-Chia Guo, Aristine Cheng, Jann-Tay Wang

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Abstract

Neutralizing anti-interferon (IFN)-α autoantibodies can lead to immune dysregulation, potentially resulting in critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We report a case presenting with severe COVID-19 who was subsequently diagnosed to have thymoma and neutralizing anti-IFN-α autoantibodies.

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Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection IMMUNOLOGY-INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CiteScore

15.90

自引率

5.40%

发文量

159

审稿时长

67 days

期刊介绍： Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection is an open access journal, committed to disseminating information on the latest trends and advances in microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases and parasitology. Article types considered include perspectives, review articles, original articles, brief reports and correspondence. With the aim of promoting effective and accurate scientific information, an expert panel of referees constitutes the backbone of the peer-review process in evaluating the quality and content of manuscripts submitted for publication.