TY - JOUR AU - Giglia, Maddalena AU - Beci, Giacomo AU - Rosselli Del Turco, Elena AU - Guardigni, Viola AU - Amedeo, Alberto AU - Cucchetto, Giulia AU - Verucchi, Gabriella AU - Cipolli, Marco AU - Calza, Leonardo AU - Viale, Pierluigi PY - 2020/12/23 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SARS-CoV-2 related pneumonia in an adult with cystic fibrosis: natural favourable clinical course or effective therapy? JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 90 IS - 4 SE - COVID-19 - Collection of articles on the Coronavirus outbreak DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1579 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/1579 SP - AB - <p>We report the case of a man affected by cystic fibrosis who developed a severe SARS-CoV-2 related pneumonia in March 2020. In addition to lopinavir/ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine, he was treated with two doses of tocilizumab, displaying a significant clinical improvement. This is the first case described in the literature of an adult patient affected by cystic fibrosis who received tocilizumab for COVID-19, with documented total recovery, also assessed by a spirometry.</p> ER -