Roseola Infantum During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Murat H Yiğit, Mihrimah S. Bağci, Hacer Aktürk, Fikret Asarcikli, Fidan Khalilova, Özlem Ünlügedik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Herpesvirus 6 Human viruses Roseola Infantum law.invention law Pandemic Exanthema Subitum medicine Humans Blood test Polymerase chain reaction Leukopenia medicine.diagnostic_test SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 Infant Hematology Virology Oncology Child Preschool Clinical diagnosis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 44:e296-e298 |
| ISSN: | 1077-4114 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Roseola infantum is always considered to be among the differential diagnosis of young patients with fever and leukopenia whom to be strictly isolated with the preliminary diagnosis of COVID-19 until otherwise proven during the pandemic. RESULTS: Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) blood test was performed in 4 of 7 patients with a clinical diagnosis of roseola infantum and all found to be HHV-6 PCR positive. The most striking laboratory finding in all patients was leukopenia. HHV-6 PCR tests were found to be positive. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 testing were found to be negative in all patients. CONCLUSION: During the peak of the pandemic, children continued to present with fever because of viral infections other than COVID-19. |
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