H M Arjun, Shinde Varsha, Bhattaram Suhrith
Emergency Medicine, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Pune, IND.
Emergency Medicine, Maitland Hospital, Newcastle, AUS.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 30;16(8):e68188. doi: 10.7759/cureus.68188. eCollection 2024 Aug.
We describe a case of adult croup in an 18-year-old female caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Her complaints started as lower respiratory tract symptoms that evolved into stridor, barking cough, and dyspnea. The patient was diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing from a nasopharyngeal swab. The patient received multiple doses of nebulized racemic epinephrine with minimal improvement, and later the patient required mechanical ventilation. Intravenous remdesivir was administered for five days. Multiple doses of dexamethasone were required throughout the course of the illness. Croup in adults secondary to COVID-19 infections appears to be severe and might be poorly responsive to standard treatment protocols.
我们描述了一例由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)病毒引起的18岁成年女性患成人型喉炎的病例。她最初的症状为下呼吸道症状,随后发展为喘鸣、犬吠样咳嗽和呼吸困难。通过对鼻咽拭子进行逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测,该患者被诊断为感染了SARS-CoV-2。患者接受了多剂雾化消旋肾上腺素治疗,但改善甚微,后来需要机械通气。静脉注射瑞德西韦五天。在整个病程中需要多次使用地塞米松。由新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)感染继发的成人型喉炎似乎病情严重,可能对标准治疗方案反应不佳。