Case study suggests connection of COVID-19 with croup among infants
Turkey: A research brief and a case report published in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal have indicated a connection between croup and COVID-19 in infants.
Fever and cough are the most common symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children but croup cases associated with COVID-19 are reported in the literature and have increased sharply with the Omicron variant. Sevgi Dasdemir, Department of Pediatrics, Gazi University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, and colleagues present severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 as a viral agent in an infant presenting with croup.
Croup is a common viral infection associated with rhinovirus, parainfluenza, and respiratory syncytial virus infections and Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) and self-limiting illness that typically resolves within a few days. COVID-19, another coronavirus causing respiratory illness thereby could also cause croup.
Researchers described the case of a healthy 23-month-old child who suddenly had a fever and a "barking" cough, and was admitted to the hospital's PICU. Tests for rhinovirus, adenovirus, and influenza others came back negative, but a nose swab for SARS-CoV-2 was positive.
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