Author: Aktürk, Hacer; Bağci, Mihrimah S; Yiğit, Murat H; Khalilova, Fidan; Ünlügedik, Özlem; Asarcikli, Fikret
Title: Roseola Infantum During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cord-id: jgx3g3j5 Document date: 2021_4_6
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Snippet: INTRODUCTION Roseola infantum is always considered to be among the differential diagnosis of young patients with fever and leukopenia whom to be strictly isolated with the preliminary diagnosis of COVID-19 until otherwise proven during the pandemic. RESULTS Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) blood test was performed in 4 of 7 patients with a clinical diagnosis of roseola infantum and all found to be HHV-6 PCR positive. The most striking laboratory finding in all patient
Document: INTRODUCTION Roseola infantum is always considered to be among the differential diagnosis of young patients with fever and leukopenia whom to be strictly isolated with the preliminary diagnosis of COVID-19 until otherwise proven during the pandemic. RESULTS Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) blood test was performed in 4 of 7 patients with a clinical diagnosis of roseola infantum and all found to be HHV-6 PCR positive. The most striking laboratory finding in all patients was leukopenia. HHV-6 PCR tests were found to be positive. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 testing were found to be negative in all patients. CONCLUSION During the peak of the pandemic, children continued to present with fever because of viral infections other than COVID-19.
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