A 6-Year-Old Boy with COVID-19-Positive Pleural Effusion and Kawasaki-Like Features

The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has exposed many pediatric patients from around the world to coronavirus disease. Although pleural effusions are classified as atypical features of COVID-19 infection, we report a 6-year-old boy who had a positive IgG antibody ELISA test for...

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Main Authors: Sedigheh Yousefzadegan, Ramin Zare Mahmoudabadi, Golnaz Gharehbaghi
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8832826
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description The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has exposed many pediatric patients from around the world to coronavirus disease. Although pleural effusions are classified as atypical features of COVID-19 infection, we report a 6-year-old boy who had a positive IgG antibody ELISA test for COVID-19 and presented with respiratory distress, bilateral pleural effusions, and signs and symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome. The RT-PCR test of the pleural fluid specimen was positive for novel coronavirus. To our knowledge, this is the first pediatric report of a COVID-19-positive pleural fluid.
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spelling doaj-art-1651dc159e1d439c91f80f32cf8296d92025-08-20T03:54:33ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112021-01-01202110.1155/2021/88328268832826A 6-Year-Old Boy with COVID-19-Positive Pleural Effusion and Kawasaki-Like FeaturesSedigheh Yousefzadegan0Ramin Zare Mahmoudabadi1Golnaz Gharehbaghi2Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Firoozabadi Clinical Research Development Unit (FACRDU), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Firoozabadi Clinical Research Development Unit (FACRDU), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Pediatrics, Ali Asghar Children's Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranThe ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has exposed many pediatric patients from around the world to coronavirus disease. Although pleural effusions are classified as atypical features of COVID-19 infection, we report a 6-year-old boy who had a positive IgG antibody ELISA test for COVID-19 and presented with respiratory distress, bilateral pleural effusions, and signs and symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome. The RT-PCR test of the pleural fluid specimen was positive for novel coronavirus. To our knowledge, this is the first pediatric report of a COVID-19-positive pleural fluid.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8832826
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title A 6-Year-Old Boy with COVID-19-Positive Pleural Effusion and Kawasaki-Like Features
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title_short A 6-Year-Old Boy with COVID-19-Positive Pleural Effusion and Kawasaki-Like Features
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