COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis: The Dutch experience

Here, we provide an extensive overview of all reported COVID-19 cases in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the Netherlands between 27 February and 9 June 2020, gathered by the Dutch MS Taskforce of the Netherlands Society of Neurology. A total of 86 MS patients were reported, 43 of whom tested pos...

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Autores principales: Loonstra, Floor C, Hoitsma, Elske, van Kempen, Zoé LE, Killestein, Joep, Mostert, Jop P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7493197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32662742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1352458520942198
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description Here, we provide an extensive overview of all reported COVID-19 cases in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the Netherlands between 27 February and 9 June 2020, gathered by the Dutch MS Taskforce of the Netherlands Society of Neurology. A total of 86 MS patients were reported, 43 of whom tested positive for COVID-19. Of 43 patients who tested positive, 22 patients were hospitalized. Three intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and four deaths were reported. Our findings show no apparent difference in disease-modifying treatment (DMT) use and COVID-19 disease course in Dutch MS patients. In addition, a clear link between low lymphocyte count and severe disease was not observed.
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spelling pubmed-74931972020-09-24 COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis: The Dutch experience Loonstra, Floor C Hoitsma, Elske van Kempen, Zoé LE Killestein, Joep Mostert, Jop P Mult Scler Short Report Here, we provide an extensive overview of all reported COVID-19 cases in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the Netherlands between 27 February and 9 June 2020, gathered by the Dutch MS Taskforce of the Netherlands Society of Neurology. A total of 86 MS patients were reported, 43 of whom tested positive for COVID-19. Of 43 patients who tested positive, 22 patients were hospitalized. Three intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and four deaths were reported. Our findings show no apparent difference in disease-modifying treatment (DMT) use and COVID-19 disease course in Dutch MS patients. In addition, a clear link between low lymphocyte count and severe disease was not observed. SAGE Publications 2020-07-14 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7493197/ /pubmed/32662742 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1352458520942198 Text en © The Author(s), 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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