Post-infectious inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 in a paediatric patient with Down syndrome

Neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 continue to be recognised. In children, neurological phenomenon has been reported generally in the acute infectious period. It is possible that SARS-CoV-2 could trigger an immune-mediated post-infectious phenomenon. Here, we present a unique case of post-infe...

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Autores principales: Khoshnood, Mellad, Mahabir, Roshan, Shillingford, Nick M, Santoro, Jonathan D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8054062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33858888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-240490
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Sumario:Neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 continue to be recognised. In children, neurological phenomenon has been reported generally in the acute infectious period. It is possible that SARS-CoV-2 could trigger an immune-mediated post-infectious phenomenon. Here, we present a unique case of post-infectious marantic cardiac lesion causing cerebrovascular accident in a patient with Down syndrome.

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