successful chemotherapy of an acute myeloid leukemia case infected with sars-cov-2

Introduction: new coronavirus or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (sars-cov-2) emerged inwuhan, china at the end of 2019. there is not enough data for managing acute myeloid leukemia patients with concomitant infection with sars-cov-2. this is a report of a unique case with acute leukemia and sars-cov-2 infection that recovered from both. case presentation: a 44-year man was admitted with fever and sweating. he was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. pancytopenia was detected and a bone marrow biopsy revealed acute leukemia. during his management, the patient developed a dry cough. he was transferred to our center for chemotherapy. chest ct scan revealed bilateral peripheral patchy ground-glass infiltrations, indicating sars-cov-2 infection. two weeks later, after antiviral and broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, he developed severe dyspnea and became bedridden. modified chemotherapy was started. he rapidly recovered, and his leukemia developed complete remission. conclusions:we presented a successful chemotherapy of an acute leukemia patient that was simultaneously infected with covid- 19. chemotherapy should be done for acute leukemia judiciously without delay in patients infected with sars-cov-2 infection.