Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Diagnosis of COVID-19: Serologic Testing (September 2020)

KE Hanson, AM Caliendo, CA Arias… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background The availability of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) serologic testing has rapidly increased. Current assays use a variety of technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma combined with other pharmaceutical agents for treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients: a systematic …

M Franchini, D Focosi, M Cruciani, MJ Joyner… - Diseases, 2024 - mdpi.com
Plasma collected from people recovered from COVID-19 (COVID-19 convalescent plasma,
CCP) was the first antibody-based therapy employed to fight the pandemic. CCP was …

COVID‐19 after hematopoietic cell transplantation and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)‐T‐cell therapy

E Kampouri, JA Hill, V Dioverti - Transplant Infectious Disease, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
More than 3 years have passed since Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) was declared
a global pandemic, yet COVID‐19 still severely impacts immunocompromised individuals …

Efficacy of combined COVID-19 convalescent plasma with oral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor treatment versus neutralizing monoclonal antibody therapy …

T Siripongboonsitti, N Nontawong… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The effectiveness of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against emerging variants with
spike protein mutations has been limited. Early high-titer convalescent plasma therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperimmune Plasma and Immunoglobulins against COVID-19: a narrative review

M Franchini, D Focosi - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Since late 2019, the new SARS-CoV-2 virus belonging to the Coronaviridae family has been
responsible for COVID-19 pandemic, a severe acute respiratory syndrome. Several antiviral …

Executive summary of the consensus statement of the group for the study of infection in transplantation and other immunocompromised host (GESITRA-IC) of the …

S Herrera, JM Aguado, FJ Candel, E Cordero… - Transplantation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) arose in December 2019
in China rapidly evolving to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Since …

The value of observational registry studies for the next infectious disease emergency

JW Senefeld, P Marks, A Casadevall, MJ Joyner - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
During infectious disease emergencies, it may be necessary to deploy new therapies
without conclusive evidence for their effectiveness. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic …

Report of consensus panel 5 from the 11th international workshop on Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia on COVID-19 prophylaxis and management

E Terpos, AR Branagan, R García-Sanz… - Seminars in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Consensus Panel 5 (CP5) of the 11th International Workshop on Waldenstrom's
Macroglobulinemia (IWWM-11; held in October 2022) was tasked with reviewing the current …

COVID-19 convalescent plasma retains value for immunocompromised patients

D Focosi, M Franchini - Leukemia, 2023 - nature.com
We read with interest the recent review by Terpos et al. on management of COVID-19 in
multiple myeloma (MM) patients. We disagree with some of the authors recommendations …

Neutralizing anti-spike monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19 in vulnerable populations: lessons learned and future directions

RR Razonable - Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Anti-spike monoclonal antibodies were highly effective for prophylaxis and early
treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in high-risk populations. Areas covered This article …