Open AccessFatal SARS-CoV-2 Inflammatory Syndrome and Myocarditis in an Adolescent: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Jeanette T. Beaudry,
Barbara Dietrick,
Dawn B. Lammert,
Alexander Constas,
Julia M McCaw,
John S. Hammond,
Matthew A. Buendia,
Julie E. Stein,
Andrew Pekosz,
Jennifer Schuette,
Heba H. Mostafa,
Jody E. Hooper,
Meghan Bernier,
Allison L. Agwu,
Leonard Feldman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002978
Subject(s) - myocarditis , covid-19 , medicine , virology , cardiology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an entity in children initially characterized by milder case presentations and better prognoses as compared with adults. Recent reports, however, raise concern for a new hyperinflammatory entity in a subset of pediatric COVID-19 patients.