一个患有COVID-19的孩子因快速进展的严重组织性肺炎而复杂:一个病例报告

Tiffany Lau1, Anirban Dutta1, Prashant J Purohit2

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (TL, AD).

概括

一个由SARS-CoV-2 (导致COVID-19的病毒) 引起的严重呼吸系统疾病的儿科病例突出了儿童严重疾病的潜力. 尽管进行了密集治疗,但这名2岁的患者经历了致命的结果,这凸显了儿童群体中严重的COVID-19的持续风险.

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