Immunosuppression for COVID-19: repurposing medicines in a pandemic

Aust Prescr. 2020 Aug;43(4):106-107. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2020.037. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Authors

Senthuran Shivakumar^{1

2

3}, Olivia C Smibert^{1

2

3}, Jason A Trubiano^{1

2

3}, Albert G Frauman^{1

2

3}, David Fl Liew^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Austin Health, Melbourne.
² University of Melbourne.
³ National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; immunosuppression; interleukin-1; interleukin-6; pandemic; tocilizumab.

Publication types

Editorial