Severe Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with COVID-19 in a Pediatric Patient.
Adelina Raluca MarinescuVoichita Elena LazureanuVirgil Filaret MustaNarcisa Daniela NicolescuAlexandra HerloTalida Georgiana CutCamelia Oana MuresanCristina TudoranMonica LickerRuxandra LazaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)
The growing body of literature regarding the clinical and laboratory manifestations of COVID-19 infection in children, has reported thrombocytopenia in relation to unfavorable disease progression or multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). Clinicians must be aware that ITP may appear both in mild and severe COVID-19, at any time during its course, and can be associated with a higher bleeding risk, thus its diagnostic may be critical.