Bronchiectasis, Low IgG Levels and Lack of Vaccination are Risk Factors for Covid-19 Hospitalization in X-linked Agammaglobulinemia - A Retrospective Multicenter Study
Jazyk angličtina Země Nizozemsko Médium electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, multicentrická studie
PubMed
41240154
PubMed Central
PMC12619783
DOI
10.1007/s10875-025-01962-3
PII: 10.1007/s10875-025-01962-3
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Bronchiectasis, Covid-19, IgG trough levels, SARS CoV-2, Vaccination, X-linked agammaglobulinemia,
- MeSH
- agamaglobulinemie * imunologie komplikace epidemiologie MeSH
- bronchiektazie * imunologie epidemiologie komplikace MeSH
- COVID-19 * epidemiologie imunologie komplikace MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- genetické nemoci vázané na chromozom X * imunologie komplikace epidemiologie MeSH
- hospitalizace * statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- imunoglobulin G * krev imunologie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- SARS-CoV-2 * imunologie MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- vakcinace MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- Názvy látek
- imunoglobulin G * MeSH
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is caused by loss-of-function variants in Bruton's tyrosine kinase, leading to absence of circulating B lymphocytes and inability to produce antibodies. Despite the fear that patients with XLA would be at high risk for severe infection when the novel virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged in the society with low pre-existing immunity, most patients with XLA did not suffer from severe disease. However, some patients were critically affected. Factors associated with hospitalization in patients with XLA remain poorly described. Thus, we designed a study to determine risk factors associated with hospitalization due to Covid-19 in patients with XLA. Data was collected from 17 sites in Europe and the US, comprising n = 81 patients, with hospitalization due to SARS-CoV-2 infection in 14 patients. Nearly 17% of patients with XLA required hospitalization due to Covid-19, but only 3 patients had ventilatory support. After correcting for the effect of the date of infection during the early pandemic, univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis showed that preexisting bronchiectasis and lower IgG serum trough levels (< 8 g/L) before infection were associated with an increased risk for hospitalization, with a high rate of superinfection. The lack of vaccination seemed to contribute to this risk, and ambulatory patients had higher amounts of CD4+ T cells before infection compared to hospitalized patients. Thus, our data suggests a need for IgG trough levels above 8 g/L, especially in patients with bronchiectasis, to protect patients with XLA during viral infections such as Covid-19 and reduce morbidity due to superinfections.
BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies Humboldt University and Free University Berlin Germany
Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency Medical Center University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology St Anne's University in Brno Brno Czechia
Department of Clinical Immunology University Hospital Zurich Zurich Switzerland
Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
Department of Infectious Diseases Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark
Department of Infectious Diseases Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
Department of Laboratory Medicine Clinical Immunology Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
Department of Molecular Medicine Sapienza University Rome Italy
ERN RITA Core Center RITAFIN Helsinki Finland
Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon Portugal
Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove Charles University Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University Brno Czechia
GIMM Institute for Molecular Medicine Lisbon Portugal
Institute for Medical Immunology Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin Germany
Institute of Clinical Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway
Karolinska ATMP Center Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
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