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Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report

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    • Ziping Li
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    • Bohan Yang
    • Haiping Song
    • Wanxin Chen
    • Hao Zhou
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    Affiliations: Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China, Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China, Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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Abstract

A continuing outbreak of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019‑nCoV) was initially described in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Weak and elderly individuals, and those with chronic diseases such as hematological malignancies are prone to develop severe pneumonia. The humoral immunity of patients with multiple myeloma is prevalently low, and their inferior immunity further deteriorates during chemotherapy. For patients with onco‑hematological malignancies infected with 2019‑nCoV during the first chemotherapy cycle, the clinical treatment experience is lacking. The present study is a report of a 61‑year‑old patient newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma in the key 2019‑nCoV outbreak area, who suffered severe 2019‑nCoV pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle. The present case report demonstrated that a rapidly progressive and severe form of pneumonia was a specific clinical feature of COVID‑19, especially in immunocompromised patients with cancer. The treatment strategy combining timely suspending chemotherapy, early intervention using intravenous immunoglobulin, interferon α inhalation and oral antiviral drugs was effective. Therefore, in the pandemic environment, it is strongly recommend that the risk of 2019‑nCoV infection is assessed prior to chemotherapy.
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Li Z, Chen Y, Yang B, Song H, Chen W and Zhou H: Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report. Exp Ther Med 21: 392, 2021.
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Li, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Song, H., Chen, W., & Zhou, H. (2021). Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 21, 392. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9823
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Li, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Song, H., Chen, W., Zhou, H."Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21.4 (2021): 392.
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Li, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Song, H., Chen, W., Zhou, H."Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21, no. 4 (2021): 392. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9823
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Li Z, Chen Y, Yang B, Song H, Chen W and Zhou H: Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report. Exp Ther Med 21: 392, 2021.
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Li, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Song, H., Chen, W., & Zhou, H. (2021). Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 21, 392. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9823
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Li, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Song, H., Chen, W., Zhou, H."Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21.4 (2021): 392.
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Li, Z., Chen, Y., Yang, B., Song, H., Chen, W., Zhou, H."Successful recovery of a patient with multiple myeloma from severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pneumonia during the first chemotherapy cycle: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21, no. 4 (2021): 392. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9823
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