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Pediatric Life-Threatening Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Myocarditis

Pediatric Life-Threatening Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Myocarditis
2020 07-15

Authors: Oberweis ML, Codreanu A, Boehm W, Olivier D, Pierron C, Tsobo C, Kohnen M, Abdelrahman TT, Nguyen NT, Wagner K, de la Fuente Garcia, I

 

Abstract

We report the case of a pediatric life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 who presented as myocarditis with heart failure. Clinicians should be aware of this severe presentation of the disease in children, possibly linked to an exaggerated inflammatory host immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Pediatric Life-Threatening Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Myocarditis