Open AccessUse of convalescent plasma for managing severe COVID‐19 infection in 2‐month‐old infant
Author(s) -
Shukla Umesh,
Bhakhri Bhanu,
Arora Satyam,
Jain Mukul,
Jain Vikas,
Dua Seema,
Singh Dharmendra Kumar,
Gupta Devendra Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
isbt science series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-2824
pISSN - 1751-2816
DOI - 10.1111/voxs.12616
Subject(s) - medicine , convalescent plasma , vomiting , gastroenterology , c reactive protein , anesthesia , immunology , pediatrics , covid-19 , inflammation , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A 58‐day‐old female infant reported with complaints of fever, difficult breathing, loose stool, vomiting and refusal to feed for 4 days. Laboratory work showed anaemia, leucocytosis with elevated neutrophils and thrombocytopenia along with high C‐reactive protein and D‐dimer with bilateral patchy infiltrate on X‐ray and positivity for COVID‐19. Her blood culture was also positive for Gram‐negative bacilli (acinetobacter lwoffii). Along with antibiotics, she was given 50 ml convalescent plasma. She was off oxygen within 2 days and showed improvement in lung lesions, and RT‐PCR was negative by day 7 and discharged by day 10 of transfusion.