Impact of persistent coronavirus infection on the treatment of an immunocompromised oncological patient
Palliative Medicine in Practice
; 16(3):183-186, 2022.
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em Inglês
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2164108
ABSTRACT
The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 has challenged many aspects of the management of clinical care. It has negatively impacted the already overwhelmed healthcare system in Poland, leading to further limitation of access to specialist care, delay of treatment and even failure to initiate it. Patients with severe, rapidly progressing diseases such as cancer, are among those most adversely affected. Immunocompromised patients are prone to persistent COVID-19 infection and re-test positively even when asymptomatic. In this case report, the authors present an immunocompromised patient with follicular lymphoma and active tuberculosis, who re-tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in real-time polymerase chain reaction and rapid antigen tests twenty-two times over seventeen weeks of hospitalisation in the isolation ward in University Clinical Centre in Gdansk, Poland. The management of her oncological treatment was significantly disturbed by prolonged isolation and organisational issues arising from the coronavirus pandemic. Copyright © Via Medica.
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Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
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Tipo de estudo:
Estudo experimental
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Inglês
Revista:
Palliative Medicine in Practice
Ano de publicação:
2022
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