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cord-322007-xy66t0ls	Humbert, S	COVID-19 as a cause of immune thrombocytopenia	2020-05-20		.txt	text/plain	946	71	49	ITP has been described during the course of several viral infections: HIV, EBV, CMV, HCV but only once during severe acute respiratory distress coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [2] . As immune thrombocytopenia was the most relevant diagnosis and due to severe bleeding, we started prednisone (1 mg/kg/day) and one course of intravenous immunoglobulins 1 g/kg. We describe here the second case of SARS-CoV-2-induced ITP. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2, responsible for severe pneumonia in less than 20% of cases. COVID-19 thrombocytopenia could be secondary to direct platelet-virus interaction via pathogen recognition receptors (PRR). In our case, thrombocytopenia is lower than what is usually observed during COVID-19 and may be secondary to an immune-related mechanism. The suddenness and severity of thrombocytopenia could be explained by the patient's advanced age as coronavirus induced higher antibodies production in older people [10] . Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients of novel coronavirus disease 2019	./cache/cord-322007-xy66t0ls.txt	./txt/cord-322007-xy66t0ls.txt