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Eculizumab treatment for renal failure in a pediatric patient with COVID-19

Authors :
Larisa Broglie
Ruchi Mahajan
Marissa Lipton
Natalie S Uy
Namrata G. Jain
Source :
Journal of Nephrology
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Springer International Publishing, 2020.

Abstract

While there are increasing reports of acute kidney injury among hospitalized adults with COVID-19, there is still limited information on renal complications associated with COVID-19 in children. The cause of kidney involvement in COVID-19 is likely multifactorial, and appears to involve a complex process, including complement dysregulation and thrombotic microangiopathy. We present a pediatric case of COVID-19 and renal failure due to thombotic microangiopathy, successfully treated with eculizumab.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17246059 and 11218428
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Nephrology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....11d72ca73baa8fd814932955c534c964