ABSTRACT
A 36-year-old male, diabetic, with 10-day history of inpatient care due to SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Dyspnea, drowsiness, and a 24-hour asthenia evolution were the main symptoms the patient manifested. He had tachycardia, tachypnea, pallor, and a generalized jaundice. Laboratory studies revealed severe normochromic normocytic anemia with an intravascular hemolysis (Coombs test direct positive, LDH and indirect bilirubin increased, haptoglobin decreased), HBsAg: positive, IgM anti-HBc: negative and transaminases increased. The patient started treatment with tenofovir, apart from that boluses of methyl-prednisolone, human immunoglobulin and multiple microtransfusions were also given, having a good clinical evolution. Copyright © 2022, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.