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Editor, Senior Moderator
Pediatr Infect Dis J
. 2021 Jan 12.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003054. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19-related Potential Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Childhood in a Neonate Presenting as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Rekha Khaund Borkotoky[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Puja Banerjee Barua, Siba Prosad Paul, Paul Anthony Heaton
Affiliations
Abstract
A term infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn developed clinical and laboratory features of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in childhood (MIS-C) between days 12 and 14. Mother and baby were anti-SARS-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgG positive and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM negative on day 18, with negative COVID-19 PCR on repeated testing; possible first documentation of neonatal MIS-C following passive transfer of maternal antibodies.
. 2021 Jan 12.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003054. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19-related Potential Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Childhood in a Neonate Presenting as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Rekha Khaund Borkotoky[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Puja Banerjee Barua, Siba Prosad Paul, Paul Anthony Heaton
Affiliations
- PMID: 33464010
- DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003054
Abstract
A term infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn developed clinical and laboratory features of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in childhood (MIS-C) between days 12 and 14. Mother and baby were anti-SARS-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgG positive and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM negative on day 18, with negative COVID-19 PCR on repeated testing; possible first documentation of neonatal MIS-C following passive transfer of maternal antibodies.