An autopsy study of the spectrum of severe COVID-19 in children: From SARS to different phenotypes of MIS-C.
An autopsy study of the spectrum of severe COVID-19 in children: From SARS to different phenotypes of MIS-C.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100850
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发表时间:
2021-05
影响因子:
15.1
通讯作者:
Dolhnikoff M
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作者:
Duarte-Neto AN;Caldini EG;Gomes-Gouvêa MS;Kanamura CT;de Almeida Monteiro RA;Ferranti JF;Ventura AMC;Regalio FA;Fiorenzano DM;Gibelli MABC;Carvalho WB;Leal GN;Pinho JRR;Delgado AF;Carneiro-Sampaio M;Mauad T;Ferraz da Silva LF;Saldiva PHN;Dolhnikoff M
COVID-19 in children is usually mild or asymptomatic, but severe and fatal paediatric cases have been described. The pathology of COVID-19 in children is not known; the proposed pathogenesis for severe cases includes immune-mediated mechanisms or the direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 on tissues. We describe the autopsy findings in five cases of paediatric COVID-19 and provide mechanistic insight into the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. Children and adolescents who died with COVID-19 between March 18 and August 15, 2020 were autopsied with a minimally invasive method. Tissue samples from all vital organs were analysed by histology, electron microscopy (EM), reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Five patients were included, one male and four female, aged 7 months to 15 years. Two patients had severe diseases before SARS-CoV-2 infection: adrenal carcinoma and Edwards syndrome. Three patients were previously healthy and had multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with distinct clinical presentations: myocarditis, colitis, and acute encephalopathy with status epilepticus. Autopsy findings varied amongst patients and included mild to severe COVID-19 pneumonia, pulmonary microthrombosis, cerebral oedema with reactive gliosis, myocarditis, intestinal inflammation, and haemophagocytosis. SARS-CoV-2 was detected in all patients in lungs, heart and kidneys by at least one method (RT-PCR, IHC or EM), and in endothelial cells from heart and brain in two patients with MIS-C (IHC). In addition, we show for the first time the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the brain tissue of a child with MIS-C with acute encephalopathy, and in the intestinal tissue of a child with acute colitis. Interpretation: SARS-CoV-2 can infect several cell and tissue types in paediatric patients, and the target organ for the clinical manifestation varies amongst individuals. Two major patterns of severe COVID-19 were observed: a primarily pulmonary disease, with severe acute respiratory disease and diffuse alveolar damage, or a multisystem inflammatory syndrome with the involvement of several organs. The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in several organs, associated with cellular ultrastructural changes, reinforces the hypothesis that a direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 on tissues is involved in the pathogenesis of MIS-C. Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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DOI:
10.1016/s1474-4422(20)30308-2
发表时间:
2020-11
期刊:
The Lancet. Neurology
影响因子:
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作者:
Matschke J;Lütgehetmann M;Hagel C;Sperhake JP;Schröder AS;Edler C;Mushumba H;Fitzek A;Allweiss L;Dandri M;Dottermusch M;Heinemann A;Pfefferle S;Schwabenland M;Sumner Magruder D;Bonn S;Prinz M;Gerloff C;Püschel K;Krasemann S;Aepfelbacher M;Glatzel M
通讯作者:
Glatzel M
影响因子:
6.9
作者:
Chan, K-H;Sridhar, S.;Yuen, K-Y
通讯作者:
Yuen, K-Y
影响因子:
36.4
作者:
Goetzinger, Florian;Santiago-Garcia, Begona;Tebruegge, Marc
通讯作者:
Tebruegge, Marc
影响因子:
7.3
作者:
Hamming, I;Timens, W;van Goor, H
通讯作者:
van Goor, H
影响因子:
8.1
作者:
Grimaud, Marion;Starck, Julie;Oualha, Mehdi
通讯作者:
Oualha, Mehdi