Pediatric immune thrombocytopenia from COVID-19

Researchers report the first known case of pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) following SARS-CoV-2 infection. The 10-year-old had mild COVID-19 symptoms and known exposure to the virus 3 weeks before she presented with a rash, bruises, purple lesions in her mouth, and severe thrombocytopenia. She tested positive for the virus. In Pediatrics, the researchers write: “It is important for healthcare providers to be aware of ITP as a possible presentation of COVID-19 and to consider viral testing in these patients for appropriate triaging and isolation to limit community spread and healthcare worker infection during epidemics or pandemics.”

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2020/05/19/peds.2020-1419.full.pdf