A primigravid woman with Covid-19 related respiratory insufficiency was admitted into a tertiary Intensive Care Unit at 23 3/7 weeks’ gestation. Highly sensitive flow cytometry of peripheral leukocytes indicated significantly suppressed naïve T- and B-cell compartments. The suppressed immune cell responses led us keep the initially started administration of corticosteroids for fetal and maternal indication at a low dose. After three weeks her B-cell response peaked, SARS-CoV-2 was cleared and clinical improvement ensued a week later. At 28 weeks’ gestation, a son of 1570 g was born by cesarean section. She was extubated two days postpartum and discharged from hospital 5.5 weeks postpartum.
Detailed immune monitoring of a pregnant woman with critical Covid-19