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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Navigating COVID-19 and Other IG Challenges

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Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, MD

Las Vegas—A patient with primary immunodeficiency on immune globulin (IG) therapy receives the first and second doses of a messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine as well as a booster dose, but no COVID-19 antibodies develop. Is the patient protected against the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

This isn’t a hypothetical situation; it’s a real case described by a clinician looking for answers at the IgNS 2021 Conference. He posed the question to Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo,