Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case
In case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children suffering from primary immunodeficiency, the last one can be an aggravating or a mitigating factor of the course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and m...
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| author | R.V. Tkachuk O.K. Koloskova M.N. Garas T.M. Bilous L.I. Romanchuk I.B. Sichkar B.I. Kushnir |
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| description | In case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children suffering from primary immunodeficiency, the last one can be an aggravating or a mitigating factor of the course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis) syndrome is usually classified as severe congenital neutropenia, but most patients have multiple leukocyte deficits, even panleukopenia, and therefore it can also be classified as severe combined immunodeficiency. B-lymphopenia is especially severe, and this probably partly explains the hypogammaglobulinemia. This rare disease, caused by autosomal dominant mutations, is a combined variant of immunodeficiency, which includes myelokathexis, susceptibility to infections, and hypogammaglobulinemia. Myelokathexis is a unique form of acyclic severe congenital neutropenia caused by the accumulation of mature and degenerative neutrophils in the bone marrow. Monocytopenia and lymphopenia, especially B-lymphopenia, also occur. In some patients, there are defects in the development of the cardiovascular, genitourinary and nervous systems, which in general can contribute to the extremely severe course of infectious inflammatory process, in particular due to the SARS-CoV-2. Objective: to analyze the clinical and laboratory peculiarities of coronavirus disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 in immunosuppressed patients on the example of a clinical case of COVID-19 in a child with previously diagnosed WHIM syndrome. Materials and methods. The article presents our own observation of coronavirus disease in a female adolescent suffering from previously verified primary immunodeficiency (WHIM syndrome) in the period after surgical routine correction of patent ductus arteriosus. On the 2nd day of sudden disease onset, the child was hospitalized in moderate condition with signs of airway inflammation as rhinopharyngitis and obstructive bronchitis. Results. Laboratory tests showed leukopenia, absolute neutropenia, increased levels of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, D-dimer in serum and a reduction of activated partial thromboplastin time. The treatment included hydrobalance protection per os and by infusion, systemic and topical inhalation therapy with a short steroids course, antibacterial therapy as fourth generation cephalosporins, intravenous granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and symptomatic treatment. The girl’s condition became progressively better, she was discharged from the hospital on the 7th day to continue treatment at the outpatient settings. Conclusions. The severity of respiratory pathology and the prognosis of COVID-19 depend on the immunodeficiency type and compromised part of immune system, as well as the heterogeneity of new SARS-CoV-2 strains. The aggravating/protective role of primary immunodeficiency, in particular WHIM syndrome, in determining COVID-19 severity is currently limited because of small number of observations and requires further data collection. The presented clinical case describes the classic moderate coronavirus disease as airway infection in an adolescent suffering from primary immunodeficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49b7024502da4598adea6ee5b738a9cb2023-06-04T15:42:08ZengZaslavsky O.Yu.Zdorovʹe Rebenka2224-05512307-11682022-10-0117630430810.22141/2224-0551.17.6.2022.15331533Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical caseR.V. Tkachuk0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-2365O.K. Koloskova1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4402-8756M.N. Garas2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7304-2090T.M. Bilous3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9469-401XL.I. Romanchuk4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0676-3960I.B. Sichkar5B.I. Kushnir6Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Regional Municipal Non-Profit Facility “Chernivtsi Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital”, Chernivtsi, UkraineBukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, UkraineBukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, UkraineBukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, UkraineBukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, UkraineRegional Municipal Non-Profit Facility “Chernivtsi Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital”, Chernivtsi, UkraineRegional Municipal Non-Profit Facility “Chernivtsi Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital”, Chernivtsi, UkraineIn case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children suffering from primary immunodeficiency, the last one can be an aggravating or a mitigating factor of the course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. WHIM (warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis) syndrome is usually classified as severe congenital neutropenia, but most patients have multiple leukocyte deficits, even panleukopenia, and therefore it can also be classified as severe combined immunodeficiency. B-lymphopenia is especially severe, and this probably partly explains the hypogammaglobulinemia. This rare disease, caused by autosomal dominant mutations, is a combined variant of immunodeficiency, which includes myelokathexis, susceptibility to infections, and hypogammaglobulinemia. Myelokathexis is a unique form of acyclic severe congenital neutropenia caused by the accumulation of mature and degenerative neutrophils in the bone marrow. Monocytopenia and lymphopenia, especially B-lymphopenia, also occur. In some patients, there are defects in the development of the cardiovascular, genitourinary and nervous systems, which in general can contribute to the extremely severe course of infectious inflammatory process, in particular due to the SARS-CoV-2. Objective: to analyze the clinical and laboratory peculiarities of coronavirus disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 in immunosuppressed patients on the example of a clinical case of COVID-19 in a child with previously diagnosed WHIM syndrome. Materials and methods. The article presents our own observation of coronavirus disease in a female adolescent suffering from previously verified primary immunodeficiency (WHIM syndrome) in the period after surgical routine correction of patent ductus arteriosus. On the 2nd day of sudden disease onset, the child was hospitalized in moderate condition with signs of airway inflammation as rhinopharyngitis and obstructive bronchitis. Results. Laboratory tests showed leukopenia, absolute neutropenia, increased levels of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, D-dimer in serum and a reduction of activated partial thromboplastin time. The treatment included hydrobalance protection per os and by infusion, systemic and topical inhalation therapy with a short steroids course, antibacterial therapy as fourth generation cephalosporins, intravenous granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and symptomatic treatment. The girl’s condition became progressively better, she was discharged from the hospital on the 7th day to continue treatment at the outpatient settings. Conclusions. The severity of respiratory pathology and the prognosis of COVID-19 depend on the immunodeficiency type and compromised part of immune system, as well as the heterogeneity of new SARS-CoV-2 strains. The aggravating/protective role of primary immunodeficiency, in particular WHIM syndrome, in determining COVID-19 severity is currently limited because of small number of observations and requires further data collection. The presented clinical case describes the classic moderate coronavirus disease as airway infection in an adolescent suffering from primary immunodeficiency.https://childshealth.zaslavsky.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/1533childrencoronavirus disease covid-19respiratory manifestationswhim syndrome |
| spellingShingle | R.V. Tkachuk O.K. Koloskova M.N. Garas T.M. Bilous L.I. Romanchuk I.B. Sichkar B.I. Kushnir Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case Zdorovʹe Rebenka children coronavirus disease covid-19 respiratory manifestations whim syndrome |
| title | Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case |
| title_full | Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case |
| title_fullStr | Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case |
| title_short | Respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in an adolescent patient with WHIM syndrome: a clinical case |
| title_sort | respiratory symptoms of covid 19 in an adolescent patient with whim syndrome a clinical case |
| topic | children coronavirus disease covid-19 respiratory manifestations whim syndrome |
| url | https://childshealth.zaslavsky.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/1533 |
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