Aging and therapy-related hypogammaglobulinemia causing pneumonia: An overlooked curable entity in the chaotic COVID-19 pandemic

J Med Virol. 2021 Jan;93(1):202-203. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26318. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Authors

Syed Ziauddin Ahmed Zaidi¹, Fatima Zia Zaidi², Nawal AlShehry¹, Abdul Rehman Zia Zaidi³, Saleha Zia Zaidi⁴, Syed Maaz Abdullah⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Adult Hematology/BMT, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² University College of Medicine, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
³ Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Oncology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
⁵ Department of Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Agammaglobulinemia / diagnosis*
Agammaglobulinemia / virology
Aged
Aging / pathology*
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / virology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pneumonia / diagnosis*
Pneumonia / etiology*
Pneumonia / virology
SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity