Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the seventh coronavirus, known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2). Children often have milder diseases than adults with very rare mortality. Gastrointestinal manifestations and a mild increase in liver enzymes have been reported in 8.8% to 53% of COVID-19 cases. However, liver failure is extremely rare and has not been reported so far in the literature. The prevalence of comorbidities is not clear in children with COVID-19. Here, we reported a fatal case of simultaneous pneumonia secondary to SARS-CoV-2and acute liver failure in a 14-year-old boy with liver cirrhosis.
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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Pneumonia, children, Hepatic encephalopathy, chronic liver cirrhosis, 【초록키워드】 Coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus, Mortality, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Gastrointestinal, Mild, disease, liver, acute liver failure, Liver cirrhosis, COVID-19 cases, manifestation, liver enzyme, acute respiratory syndrome, caused, reported, increase in, children with COVID-19,
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Pneumonia, children, Hepatic encephalopathy, chronic liver cirrhosis, 【초록키워드】 Coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus, Mortality, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Gastrointestinal, Mild, disease, liver, acute liver failure, Liver cirrhosis, COVID-19 cases, manifestation, liver enzyme, acute respiratory syndrome, caused, reported, increase in, children with COVID-19,