%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of COVID-19 infection in patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a single-center study.
%A Duan C
%A Zhou W
%A Zhang M
%A Cheng C
%A Xu W
%A Dai J
%A Meng S
%A Chen K
%A Zhao Y
%A Liu S
%A Wang ST
%A Yang Y
%A Xu KF
%A Tian X
%J Orphanet J Rare Dis
%V 18
%N 1
%D 2023 Nov 11
%M 37951939
%F 4.303
%R 10.1186/s13023-023-02950-9
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) is a rare interstitial lung disease. COVID-19 is associated with worse prognosis in previous lung diseases patients. But the prognosis of aPAP patients after infection with COVID-19 is unclear. In December 2022, China experienced a large-scale outbreak of Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we aim to explore the clinical outcomes of aPAP patients infected with COVID-19.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>A total of 39 aPAP patients were included in this study. 30.77% patients had a decrease in oxygen saturation after COVID-19 infection. We compared the two groups of patients with or without decreased oxygen saturation after COVID-19 infection and found that patients who had previous oxygen therapy (decreased oxygen saturation vs. non decreased oxygen saturation: 6/12 vs. 4/27, P = 0.043), with lower baseline arterial oxygen partial pressure (74.50 ± 13.61 mmHg vs. 86.49 ± 11.92 mmHg, P = 0.009), lower baseline DLCO/VA% [77.0 (74.3, 93.6) % vs. 89.5 (78.2, 97.4) %, P = 0.036], shorter baseline 6MWD [464 (406, 538) m vs. 532 (470, 575) m, P = 0.028], higher disease severity score (P = 0.017), were more likely to have decreased oxygen saturation after COVID-19 infection.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>aPAP patients with poor baseline respiration have a higher probability of hypoxia after COVID-19 infection, but fatal events were rare.