Acute appendicitis in four children with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Jessica S. Meyer; Grant Robinson; Shannon Moonah; Daniel Levin; Eugene McGahren; Katye Herring; Melinda Poulter; Linda Waggoner-Fountain; Debbie-Ann Shirley

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Acute appendicitis in four children with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Jessica S. Meyer,
Grant Robinson,
Shannon Moonah,
Daniel Levin,
Eugene McGahren,
Katye Herring,
Melinda Poulter,
Linda Waggoner-Fountain,
Debbie-Ann Shirley

Affiliations

Jessica S. Meyer: Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Grant Robinson: Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Shannon Moonah: Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Daniel Levin: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Eugene McGahren: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Katye Herring: Division of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Melinda Poulter: Division of Laboratory Medicine/ Clinical Laboratories, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Linda Waggoner-Fountain: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Debbie-Ann Shirley: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Health System, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA, 22908-0473, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 64
p. 101734

Abstract

Read online

We describe 4 children (11–17 years in age) at our institution with acute appendicitis in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggesting a possible association. Providers should consider testing for this infection in patients with severe gastrointestinal symptoms, in order to take appropriate transmission based precautions, until more is understood.

Published in Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-5766 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pediatric-surgery-case-reports/

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords