Antiguos patógenos - Nuevos tipos de pacientes: Infecciones en un receptor de células T CAR. ¿Podría ser más

Monica Melchio1,2, Joshua A Hill3,4, Maunank Shah5,6

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

Resumen

Este estudio de caso detalla a un paciente con linfoma que experimentó COVID-19 y tuberculosis, retrasando la terapia con células CAR-T. Después del tratamiento, desarrolló infecciones graves, incluida la aspergilosis, lo que pone de relieve los complejos desafíos de manejo.

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