Thrombocytopenia in the Course of COVID-19 Infection
  • Noel Lorenzo-Villalba
    Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar
    Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • Marc Auburtin
    Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier d’Epinal, Epinal, France
  • Marie Helene Schuhmacher
    Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier d’Epinal, Epinal, France
  • Alain Meyer
    Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasboug, Strasbourg, France
  • Yasmine Maouche
    Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
  • Olivier Keller
    Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier de Haguenau, Haguenau, France
  • Emmanuel Andres
    Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Keywords

COVID-19, thrombocytopenia, immune thrombocytopenia, immunoglobulins, eltrombopag

Abstract

We report three cases of severe thrombocytopenia during COVID-19 infection associated with either cutaneous purpura or mucosal bleeding. The initial investigations ruled out other causes of thrombocytopenia. Two of the patients were treated with intravenous immunoglobulins and eltrombopag, while the third recovered spontaneously. A good clinical and biological response was achieved in all patients leading to hospital discharge.

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    Published: 2020-05-07
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 6 (view)

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    Lorenzo-Villalba N, Zulfiqar A-A, Auburtin M, Schuhmacher MH, Meyer A, Maouche Y, Keller O, Andres E. Thrombocytopenia in the Course of COVID-19 Infection. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001702.

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