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Persistent, poorly responsive immune thrombocytopenia secondary to asymptomatic COVID-19 infection in a child

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dc.contributor.author Mettananda, C.
dc.contributor.author Williams, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-12-28T04:11:45Z
dc.date.available 2023-12-28T04:11:45Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.citation Case Reports in Infectious Diseases.2023;2023:3298520. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2090-6633 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/27159
dc.description Not Indexed in MEDLINE en_US
dc.description.abstract Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) secondary to asymptomatic COVID-19 infection, especially in children, is not reported. Furthermore, persistent, treatment-resistant ITP secondary to COVID-19 is not reported. We report a previously healthy 14-year-old Asian boy who developed secondary ITP following an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection and is having a relapsing and remitting cause with poor response to immunosuppressants even after 21 months following the diagnosis. This case emphasizes the importance of testing for COVID-19 in newly diagnosed ITP patients and the need for follow-up platelet counts in patients who recover from COVID-19 as it may follow into developing secondary ITP yet being asymptomatic until you present with a bleeding complication of ITP. The poor response to standard immunosuppression warrants more understanding of the pathophysiology of persistently low platelets following COVID-19 infection. Long-term sequelae of the disease highlight the importance of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 despite COVID-19 being no longer a global emergency. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Hindawi en_US
dc.subject immune en_US
dc.title Persistent, poorly responsive immune thrombocytopenia secondary to asymptomatic COVID-19 infection in a child en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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