Pleuropneumonia resulting from varicella and COVID-19 co-infection in a 10-month-old infant

Pascal Le Roux; Ekaterina Millardet; Anne Duquenoy; Franck Labbé; Anne Vandendriessche

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2020.08.001

Pleuropneumonia resulting from varicella and COVID-19 co-infection in a 10-month-old infant

Arch Pediatr. 2020 Nov;27(8):509-510. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2020.08.001. Epub 2020 Sep 12.

Authors

Pascal Le Roux¹, Ekaterina Millardet², Anne Duquenoy³, Franck Labbé⁴, Anne Vandendriessche⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Le Havre Hospital, 76600 Le Havre, France. Electronic address: pascal.leroux@ch-havre.fr.
² Department of Radiology, Le Havre Hospital, 76600 Le Havre, France.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Le Havre Hospital, 76600 Le Havre, France.
⁴ Department of Medical Microbiology, Le Havre Hospital, 76600 Le Havre, France.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Le Havre Hospital, 76600 Le Havre, France.

Abstract

COVID-19 is a new disease leading to respiratory complications in adults. Children appear to have more modest symptoms than adults. Varicella is often described as a benign disease in the pediatric population. However, patients with varicella and COVID-19 co-infection can develop a more serious respiratory infection. We report the case of an infant who had a co-infection with both viruses that led to pleuropneumonia. The main question in the present case concerns the link between COVID-19 and varicella infection, and the possible modulation in immune response due to the two virus infections.

Keywords: COVID-19; Child; Infection; Pneumonia; Severe acute respiratory; Varicella.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus* / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Chickenpox / diagnosis*
Coinfection / diagnosis*
Coinfection / virology
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Humans
Infant
Male
Pandemics
Pleuropneumonia / diagnosis*
Pleuropneumonia / virology
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
SARS-CoV-2