Acute Inflammation and Elevated Cardiac Markers in a Two-Month-Old Infant with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Presenting with Cardiac Symptoms.
Betacoronavirus
/ isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
/ metabolism
Female
Fever
/ virology
Humans
Immunoglobulins
/ therapeutic use
Infant
Inflammation
/ diagnosis
Interleukin-6
/ metabolism
Myocarditis
/ diagnosis
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
/ metabolism
SARS-CoV-2
Tachycardia
/ virology
Journal
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
ISSN: 1532-0987
Titre abrégé: Pediatr Infect Dis J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8701858
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
21
5
2020
medline:
1
7
2020
entrez:
21
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in children mainly shows a milder course. In complicated cases, it is unknown whether inflammation is predictive of disease severity, as in adults. Moreover, cardiac involvement is anecdotally described. We report the case of a 2-month-old infant with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection presenting with fever, tachycardia and elevated interleukin-6, who was diagnosed with myocarditis and treated with immunoglobulins.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32433225
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002750
doi:
Substances chimiques
Immunoglobulins
0
Interleukin-6
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM