Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Kidney Injury as Leading COVID-19 Presentation in an Adolescent

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct;39(10):e314-e315. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002853.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus responsible of the current COVID-19 pandemic, has limited impact in the pediatric population. Children are often asymptomatic or present mild flu-like symptoms. We report the case of a COVID-19-infected adolescent presenting severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury without any fever or respiratory symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / pathology
  • Acute Kidney Injury / virology
  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Male
  • Nasopharynx / virology
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Rhabdomyolysis / etiology*
  • Rhabdomyolysis / pathology
  • Rhabdomyolysis / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G