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Editor, Senior Moderator
Pediatr Infect Dis J
. 2020 May 19.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002750. Online ahead of print.
ACUTE INFLAMMATION AND ELEVATED CARDIAC MARKERS IN A TWO-MONTH-OLD INFANT WITH SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 INFECTION PRESENTING WITH CARDIAC SYMPTOMS
Vania Giacomet, Valeria Anna Manfredini, Giulia Meraviglia, Caterina Francesca Peri, Anna Sala, Emma Longoni, Alessio Gasperetti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marta Stracuzzi, Savina Mannarino[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
. 2020 May 19.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002750. Online ahead of print.
ACUTE INFLAMMATION AND ELEVATED CARDIAC MARKERS IN A TWO-MONTH-OLD INFANT WITH SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 INFECTION PRESENTING WITH CARDIAC SYMPTOMS
Vania Giacomet, Valeria Anna Manfredini, Giulia Meraviglia, Caterina Francesca Peri, Anna Sala, Emma Longoni, Alessio Gasperetti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marta Stracuzzi, Savina Mannarino[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32433225
- DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002750
Abstract
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.