Kana Fujimoto

Ms. Kana Fujimoto


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 December 2022 in Infectious Disease Reports
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KFKana Fujimoto
Kana Fujimoto
SMSatoru Mutsuo
Satoru Mutsuo
YYYuto Yasuda
Yuto Yasuda
SASoichi Arasawa
Soichi Arasawa
NTNoriyuki Tashima
Noriyuki Tashima
KTKen-Ichi Takahashi
Ken-Ichi Takahashi
Background: The neutralizing ability of sotrovimab and casirivimab/imdevimab against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is attenuated in the subvariant BA.5. However, the efficacy of sotrovimab in the clinical setting remains to be investigated. Methods: Patients admitted to Kishiwada City Hospital with COVID-19 delta, omicron BA.1, or BA.5 subvariants were evaluated retrospectively for serum SARS-CoV-2 S and N antibody levels using the Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 assay. Results: In patients with COVID-19 during the BA.5 wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody titers (median [interquartile range]) increased from 2154.0 (864.0–6669.3) U/mL on day 0 to 21,371.0 (19,656.3–32,225.0) U/mL on day 3 in the group treated with sotrovimab (N = 40) and were significantly higher than in the group treated with remdesivir plus dexamethasone plus baricitinib (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Treatment with sotrovimab could prevent severe disease in high-risk patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 subvariant BA.5.