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Blood Purif ; 49(6): 758-760, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-138996

ABSTRACT

We describe a 2 weeks corrected gestational age infant admitted in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated to Bordetella pertussis and Coronavirus infection. He developed leukocytosis as soon as ARDS required intubation and aggressive mechanical ventilation: hence he underwent 3 early therapeutic leukapheresis treatments in order to avoid the worsening of related cardiopulmonary complications, according to recent literature on pertussis infection in infants. The infant was discharged from PICU healthy.


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Bordetella pertussis/isolation & purification , Coinfection/complications , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Coronavirus/isolation & purification , Leukapheresis , Leukocytosis/therapy , Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/etiology , Whooping Cough/complications , Coinfection/blood , Coinfection/microbiology , Coinfection/virology , Combined Modality Therapy , Continuous Positive Airway Pressure , Coronavirus Infections/blood , Coronavirus Infections/virology , Humans , Infant , Leukocytosis/etiology , Male , Respiration, Artificial , Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/blood , Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/therapy , Whooping Cough/blood
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