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Complicated Pneumonia in a Child: Hydropneumothorax Associated with MIS-C and GAS Superinfection

Snezhina Lazova1,2,3, Nadzhie Gorelyova-Stefanova1, Yoanna Slabakova4

  • 1Pediatric Clinic, University Hospital "N. I. Pirogov", 21 "General Eduard I. Totleben" Blvd., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pediatric Reports
|October 25, 2024
PubMed

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This case report details a rare hydropneumothorax complication in a child with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) and Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pneumonia. It highlights a severe outcome in a previously healthy pediatric patient.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Critical Care Medicine

Background:

  • Hydropneumothorax is a rare pneumonia complication, especially in children.
  • Pneumothorax is uncommon in COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
  • Increased Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections reported in Europe.

Keywords:
GAS superinfectionMIS-Ccase reportcommunity-acquired pneumoniacomplicated pneumoniahydropneumothorax

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