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COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report
A pandemic linked to the new coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) has been raging for several months. Pediatric populations are less impacted than adults, and critical respiratory diseases seem rare (1, 2). We report the case of an infant, who presented with life-threatening apneas at home requiring basi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33042914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00568 |
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author | Loron, Gauthier Tromeur, Thibault Venot, Perrine Beck, Jonathan Andreoletti, Laurent Mauran, Pierre Bednarek, Nathalie |
author_facet | Loron, Gauthier Tromeur, Thibault Venot, Perrine Beck, Jonathan Andreoletti, Laurent Mauran, Pierre Bednarek, Nathalie |
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description | A pandemic linked to the new coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) has been raging for several months. Pediatric populations are less impacted than adults, and critical respiratory diseases seem rare (1, 2). We report the case of an infant, who presented with life-threatening apneas at home requiring basic life support. SARS-CoV-2 was subsequently identified in the patient's nasopharyngeal aspirate. He did not present with bronchiolitis or hypoxic failure as described in severe forms of COVID−19. The outcome was favorable in a few hours. The occurrence of apneas is not uncommon during viral respiratory infections in early infancy; however, there are very few descriptions related to a documented SARS-CoV-2 respiratory tract infection. In light of this clinical case, it seems necessary to quickly bring up a potential COVID-19 contamination in infants admitted for life-threatening apnea, in order to properly report and isolate these patients to avoid further nosocomial dissemination of SARS-CoV-2. |
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spelling | pubmed-75223612020-10-09 COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report Loron, Gauthier Tromeur, Thibault Venot, Perrine Beck, Jonathan Andreoletti, Laurent Mauran, Pierre Bednarek, Nathalie Front Pediatr Pediatrics A pandemic linked to the new coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) has been raging for several months. Pediatric populations are less impacted than adults, and critical respiratory diseases seem rare (1, 2). We report the case of an infant, who presented with life-threatening apneas at home requiring basic life support. SARS-CoV-2 was subsequently identified in the patient's nasopharyngeal aspirate. He did not present with bronchiolitis or hypoxic failure as described in severe forms of COVID−19. The outcome was favorable in a few hours. The occurrence of apneas is not uncommon during viral respiratory infections in early infancy; however, there are very few descriptions related to a documented SARS-CoV-2 respiratory tract infection. In light of this clinical case, it seems necessary to quickly bring up a potential COVID-19 contamination in infants admitted for life-threatening apnea, in order to properly report and isolate these patients to avoid further nosocomial dissemination of SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7522361/ /pubmed/33042914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00568 Text en Copyright © 2020 Loron, Tromeur, Venot, Beck, Andreoletti, Mauran and Bednarek. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Loron, Gauthier Tromeur, Thibault Venot, Perrine Beck, Jonathan Andreoletti, Laurent Mauran, Pierre Bednarek, Nathalie COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report |
title | COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report |
title_full | COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report |
title_short | COVID-19 Associated With Life-Threatening Apnea in an Infant Born Preterm: A Case Report |
title_sort | covid-19 associated with life-threatening apnea in an infant born preterm: a case report |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33042914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00568 |
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