USE OF CONVALESANT PLASMA IN COVID-19 INFECTION

Abstract

Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which started in December 2019 in Wuhan province in China and caused serious respiratory infections in humans, was accepted as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The disease from SARS-CoV-2 is called COVID-19. In a short period of five months, approximately 4 million people were infected and 300 thousand people died from this disease. To date, no specific therapeutic agents or prophylaxis for COVID-19 are available, so it is among the passive immunization treatment options with the plasma of patients who recover from the disease. Convalescent plasma therapy has been used in epidemic periods in the past and has been shown to be effective. Neutralizing antibodies in plasma contributes to recovery by inactivating the virus. In the literature, there are 4 publications presenting a total of 21 patients receiving convalescent plasma. They reported that the patients benefited from the treatment of convalescent plasma and that there were no complications. Studies have been initiated about convalescent plasma all over the world and their results are interestedly awaited.

Keywords

• Konvalesan plasma
• İmmün plazma
• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19 ENFEKSİYONUNDA KONVALESAN (İMMÜN) PLAZMA KULLANIMI

Abstract

Çin’de Wuhan eyaletinde Aralık 2019’da başlayan ve insanlarda ciddi solunum yolu enfeksiyonlarına neden olan Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) çok hızlı bir yayılım göstererek 11 Mart 2020 tarihinde pandemi olarak kabul edilmiştir.  SARS-CoV-2 kaynaklı hastalık tablosuna COVID-19 adı verilmektedir. Beş ay gibi kısa bir sürede yaklaşık 4 milyon kişi enfekte olmuş ve 300 bin kişi bu hastalıktan kaybedilmiştir. Günümüze kadar etkili bir profilaksi ve tedavisi bulunamayan hastalıkta iyileşen hastaların plazması ile pasif bağışıklama tedavi seçenekleri arasında bulunmaktadır. Konvalesan plazma tedavisi geçmişte salgın hastalık dönemlerinde kullanılmış, etkili olduğu gösterilmiştir. Plazmadaki nötralizan antikorlar virüsü inaktive ederek iyileşmeye katkı sağlamaktadır. Literatürde, konvalesan plazma verilen toplam 21  hastanın sunulduğu 4 yayın bulunmaktadır. Hastaların konvalesan plazma tedavisinden fayda gördüklerini ve herhangi bir komplikasyon olmadığını bildirmişlerdir. Tüm dünyada konvalesan plazmayla ilgili başlatılmış çalışmalar olup bunların sonuçları merakla beklenmektedir.

Keywords

• Convalescent plasma
• COVID-19
• Immune plasma
• SARS-CoV-2

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