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. 2020 Jul 22;111(9):3379–3385. doi: 10.1111/cas.14544

TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics and treatment of 9 hematological patients with COVID‐19

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Case 9
Age (years) 53 57 45 64 31 17 30 68 50
Sex Female Male Male Male Male Male Female Female Male
Hematological disease
Diagnosis AA AML‐M5 AML‐M5 AML‐M5 Ph+ B‐ALL Ph+ B‐ALL Ph‐like ALL DLBCL MM
Remission No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Agranulocytosis Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No
Time of last treatment Within 1 mo Within 1 mo Within 1 mo 4 d ago Duration Within 1 mo Duration Within 1 mo Within 3 mo
Last treatment regimen CsA Dec, HA Dec, IA Dec Dasatinib Dasatinib, VP Sorafenib Venetoclax R‐CHOP BCMA‐CAR T cell
SARS‐CoV‐2
Associated transmission Community Hospital Hospital Hospital Hospital Hospital Hospital Community Hospital
Clinical manifestation
Fever Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Fatigue Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No
Dry cough Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Expectoration No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Hemoptysis Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Dyspnea Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Diarrhea No No No No Yes No Yes No No
Nausea and vomiting No No No No No No Yes No No
Clinical classification Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Critically
Nucleic acid and Ab testing
Throat swabs Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Negative Positive Positive Positive
Plasma (copies/mL) ND ND 1384 ND 250 116 ND ND 5044
Ab Positive Positive Negative ND Negative Negative ND Negative Negative
Therapy
Antiviral Arbidol Arbidol Lopinavir Ritonavir Arbidol Arbidol Arbidol Lopinavir Ritonavir Arbidol Lopinavir Ritonavir Arbidol Lopinavir Ritonavir Arbidol Arbidol Lopinavir Ritonavir
Antibiotics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Antifungal Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Immunoglobulin Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes
Corticosteroids No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Oxygen therapy IMV No Nasal catheter NMV Nasal catheter

Nasal

catheter

Nasal

catheter

Nasal catheter NMV
Clinical outcomes
Outcome Death Stay in hospital Discharged from hospital Death Discharged from hospital

Discharged from

hospital

Death Discharged from hospital Death
Cause of death Septicopyemia NA NA Septic shock NA NA Intracranial invasion NA Respiratory failure

Abbreviations: Ab, antibody; AA, aplastic anemia; AML‐M5, acute monocytic leukemia; B‐ALL, acute B lymphoblastic leukemia; BCMA‐CAR, B‐cell maturation antigen chimeric antigen receptor; CsA, cyclosporine A; Dec, decitabine; DLBCL, diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma; HA, homoharringtonine, cytarabine; IA, idarubicin, cytarabine; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; MM, multiple myeloma; NA, not available; ND, not done; NMV, noninvasive mechanical ventilation; R‐CHOP, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, vindesine, prednisolone; SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; VP, vindesine, prednisolone.