Spontaneous remission of nephrotic syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection in an 8-year-old boy.
Turk J Pediatr
; 64(6): 1117-1121, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-36583893
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
It is already known that viral infections, exclusively upper respiratory tract infections may trigger relapses of nephrotic syndrome. Recently, COVID-19 disease has also been reported to be related with relapse of nephrotic syndrome in a few pediatric cases Case. Here we present an 8-year-old boy who had relapse of nephrotic syndrome due to COVID-19 infection. He was asymptomatic except for mild edema. He was managed supportively, no medication was started and went into spontaneous remission in 7 days.CONCLUSIONS:
Viral infections particularly upper respiratory tract infections may trigger relapse of nephrotic syndrome. COVID-19 has also been reported to be related with relapses of nephrotic syndrome in a few pediatric cases. Spontaneous remission in our patient indicates the importance of close monitoring of patients before starting long term treatment with steroids.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Tract Infections
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COVID-19
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Nephrotic Syndrome
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Turk J Pediatr
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article