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PEDIATRIC CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) DEATH IN A CHILD WITH CYCLIC NEUTROPENIA
  • John Leister,
  • Laura McCarthy
John Leister
Blank Children's Hospital

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Laura McCarthy
Blank Children's Hospital
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Abstract

We present the case of a 3-year-old female with cyclic neutropenia and history of febrile seizures who died acutely from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While most children with COVID-19 infection are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, there may be increased risk of severe disease in immunocompromised children. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a COVID-19-related death in a pediatric patient with cyclic neutropenia.
Oct 2021Published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer volume 68 issue 10. 10.1002/pbc.29171