Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure in an Adolescent With Coronavirus Disease 2019

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Sep 17;9(4):507-509. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa083.

Abstract

There is growing appreciation of the wide range of clinical presentations seen in pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Rhabdomyolysis appears to be a rare, but potentially serious, manifestation of COVID-19. Here, we report an adolescent with COVID-19-associated rhabdomyolysis who required hemodialysis due to acute kidney injury. Pediatric providers should consider rhabdomyolysis and the possibility of acute renal failure in children with COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; acute renal failure; adolescent; rhabdomyolysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
  • Acute Kidney Injury / virology*
  • Adolescent
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • Rhabdomyolysis / therapy
  • Rhabdomyolysis / virology*
  • SARS-CoV-2