1. Early Leukapheresis Depletion in an Ex-Premature with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to Bordetella Pertussis and Coronavirus Infection
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Stefania Lazzaro, Giovanna Del Principe, Giovanna Leone, Roberto Bianchi, Linda Appierto, Sergio Picardo, Antonella Meschini, and Emanuele Rossetti
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Bordetella pertussis ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,ARDS ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,medicine.disease_cause ,Pulmonary hypertension ,Intensive care ,medicine ,Leukapheresis ,Leukocytosis ,Coronavirus ,Pediatric ,Mechanical ventilation ,Pediatric intensive care unit ,Acute respiratory distress syndrome ,biology ,business.industry ,Infant ,Hematology ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Nephrology ,medicine.symptom ,Hyperleukocytosis ,business - 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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- 2020
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