Abstract

Although the etiopathogenesis of infections has been largely illuminated by technical and scientific developments in the past century; many issues are still not clear today. The motto “there is no disease, there is a patient” expressed by our instructors is stil valid today. Because the immune response of the host is as important as the virulence of the pathogen in infections and course of the disease can vary a lot according to the individual Cytokine storm is seen exactly in a group of diseases where the host response is very prominent. For this reason, Cytokine Storm Syndrome (CSS) is mostly mentioned.

Cytokine Storm Syndrome (CSS) emerging due to different inflammatory etiologies; is an overwhelming systemic inflammation, hemodynamic imbalance, multiple organ failure, and potentially leading to death. After being first seen in Influenza in 2003 as a viral agent, CSS was seen in the most recent human diseases caused by SARS-Cov, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV2 belonging to Coronaviridea family.The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 causes COVID-19, a pandemic threatening millions. Uncontrolled production of proinflammatory mediators contributes to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and cytokine storm syndrome in COVID-19 disease.