Infant case of severe immune thrombocytopenia caused by COVID‐19 infection

Autor: Tatsuya Anzai, Naomi Nakashima, Hiroyuki Betsui, Yuta Kawahara, Yuriko Hayashi, Hirokazu Kimura, Akira Shimada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: eJHaem, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 1148-1151 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2688-6146
DOI: 10.1002/jha2.811
Popis: Abstract Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common childhood acute autoimmune bleeding disorder caused by numerous viruses and characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia. Although cases of ITP caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) infection have been reported in adults, pediatric reports are limited. We present the case of a 1‐year‐old girl who developed COVID‐19‐infection‐related ITP with a very low platelet count (0.0 × 104/μL). We searched for COVID‐19‐related pediatric ITP cases and found 10 other cases, with the majority having platelet counts of
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