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Title: | Persistent, poorly responsive immune thrombocytopenia secondary to asymptomatic COVID-19 infection in a child |
Authors: | Mettananda, C. Williams, S. |
Keywords: | immune |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Hindawi |
Citation: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases.2023;2023:3298520. |
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. |
Description: | Not Indexed in MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/27159 |
ISSN: | 2090-6633 (Electronic) |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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