Bone marrow transplant succeeded for a 6 year old boy positive for coronavirus, as well as the parents, suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The intervention at the Bambino Gesù Hospital, carried out by the team of Professor Franco Locatelli. The baby was first subjected to plasma treatment obtained from a person cured of the infection and thus became negative to the virus. Then, the transplant with the hematopoietic stem cells taken from his father, who in the meantime also recovered. The baby is now well.
Covid-19 positive bone marrow transplant treated with plasma
2020-06-12T15:55:09.981Z
Negated thanks to plasma treatment, the baby is now well (ANSA)Bone marrow transplant succeeded for a 6 year old boy positive for coronavirus, as well as the parents, suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The intervention at the Bambino Gesù Hospital, carried out by the team of Professor Franco Locatelli. The baby was first subjected to plasma treatment obtained from a person cured of the infection and thus became negative to the virus. Then, the trans...