Huayuan Zhu, Xiao Lu, Xiaoping Zhang, Haiying Hua, Jie Zhang, Yuqing Miao, Weiying Gu, Min Xu, Xuzhang Lu, Bingzong Li, Chunling Wang, Haiwen Ni, Jun Qian, Jinning Shi, Maozhong Xu, Guangqi Wu, Yunping Zhang, Qiudan Shen, Zhi Wang, Jianfeng Zhu, Zhen Cheng, Wanchuan Zhuang, Guoqiang Lin, Yongjun Hu, Qiurong Shan, Yifei Chen, Hongchun Qiu, Jianyong Li, Wenyu Shi
Elderly patients with lymphoproliferative diseases (LPD) are vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Here, we retrospectively described the clinical features and outcomes of the first time infection of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 in 364 elderly patients with lymphoma enrolled in Jiangsu Cooperative Lymphoma Group (JCLG) between November 2022 and April 2023 in China. Median age was 69 years (range 60-92). 54.4% (198/364) of patients were confirmed as severe and critical COVID-19 infection...
April 22, 2024: Annals of Hematology