Varying presentations and favourable outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and young adults with sickle cell disease: an additional case series with comparisons to published cases

Br J Haematol. 2020 Aug;190(4):e221-e224. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17013. Epub 2020 Aug 1.

Authors

Abena Appiah-Kubi^{1

2}, Suchitra Acharya^{1

2}, Carolyn Fein Levy^{1

2}, Adrianna Vlachos^{1

2}, Gholamabbas Ostovar^{2

3}, Kristina Murphy^{2

4}, Antonella Farrell^{1

2}, Donna Brower^{1

2}, Jeffrey M Lipton^{1

2}, Lawrence Wolfe^{1

2}, Banu Aygun^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology/Oncology and Cellular Therapy, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, NY, USA.
² Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA.
³ Division Infectious Diseases, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, NY, USA.
⁴ Division Pediatric Intensive Care, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: blood transfusion; children; sickle cell disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / mortality
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / therapy
COVID-19* / etiology
COVID-19* / mortality
COVID-19* / therapy
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
SARS-CoV-2*
Young Adult