Treatment of cytokine storm syndrome with IL‐1 receptor antagonist anakinra in a patient with ARDS caused by COVID‐19 infection: A case report

Abstract The biological anakinra appears promising to halt cytokine storm syndrome seen in severe courses of COVID‐19. However, immunosuppression with anakinra may facilitate sepsis, necessitating continuous screening for bacterial superinfections.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leonard Kaps, Christian Labenz, Daniel Grimm, Andreas Schwarting, Peter R. Galle, Oliver Schreiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3307