About: BACKGROUND: : Treatment decisions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are challenging. It is not known whether and how various disease modifying therapies, especially immunosuppressive drugs, affect COVID-19 risk and disease course. METHODS: : Case report RESULTS: : We report a fingolimod-treated MS patient who developed severe COVID-19 but recovered after treatment with tocilizumab. CONCLUSION: : This report suggests that a brief course of tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 may be effective while not aggravating pre-existing MS.   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

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  • BACKGROUND: : Treatment decisions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are challenging. It is not known whether and how various disease modifying therapies, especially immunosuppressive drugs, affect COVID-19 risk and disease course. METHODS: : Case report RESULTS: : We report a fingolimod-treated MS patient who developed severe COVID-19 but recovered after treatment with tocilizumab. CONCLUSION: : This report suggests that a brief course of tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 may be effective while not aggravating pre-existing MS.
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  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Zoonoses
  • Viral respiratory tract infections
  • COVID-19
  • Epstein–Barr virus-associated diseases
  • Ailments of unknown cause
  • Immunosuppressants
  • Occupational safety and health
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