Acute Inflammation and Elevated Cardiac Markers in a Two-Month-Old Infant with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Presenting with Cardiac Symptoms

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Jul;39(7):e149-e151. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002750.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in children mainly shows a milder course. In complicated cases, it is unknown whether inflammation is predictive of disease severity, as in adults. Moreover, cardiac involvement is anecdotally described. We report the case of a 2-month-old infant with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection presenting with fever, tachycardia and elevated interleukin-6, who was diagnosed with myocarditis and treated with immunoglobulins.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / metabolism
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Female
  • Fever / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / therapeutic use
  • Infant
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / virology*
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / virology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / metabolism
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tachycardia / virology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins
  • Interleukin-6