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ArticlePediatric reports2024

Complicated Pneumonia in a Child: Hydropneumothorax Associated with MIS-C and GAS Superinfection.

Snezhina Lazova, Nadzhie Gorelyova-Stefanova, Yoanna Slabakova, Iren Tzotcheva, Elena Ilieva, Dimitrina Miteva, Tsvetelina Velikova

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Snezhina LazovaPediatric Clinic, University Hospital "N. I. Pirogov", 21 "General Eduard I. Totleben" Blvd., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5884-7760
Nadzhie Gorelyova-StefanovaPediatric Clinic, University Hospital "N. I. Pirogov", 21 "General Eduard I. Totleben" Blvd., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-2961-7974
Yoanna SlabakovaSpecialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases "Prof. Ivan Kirov", Bulgaria Blvd. "Akademik Ivan Evstratiev Geshov" 17, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Iren TzotchevaPediatric Clinic, University Hospital "N. I. Pirogov", 21 "General Eduard I. Totleben" Blvd., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-9777-5942
Elena IlievaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, University Emergency Hospital (UMHATEM) "N. I. Pirogov", Bul. "General Eduard I. Totleben" 21, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-2016-8591
Dimitrina MitevaDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 8 Dragan Tzankov Str., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5931-2426
Tsvetelina VelikovaMedical Faculty, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 1 Kozyak Str., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-0593-1272

Funding

European Union-NextGenerationEU through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria project No BG-RRP-2.004-0008
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Abstract

A hydropneumothorax is an uncommon complication of pneumonia, particularly in pediatric patients, and typically arises secondary to conditions such as malignancies, esophageal-pleural fistula, thoracic trauma, or thoracocentesis. While pneumothorax is rarely reported in adults with COVID-19 and is even less common in children, isolated cases have been noted in those with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). A recent alert has also been issued about increased Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections in Europe. Against this background, the primary aim of this case report is to describe a rare and severe complication of pneumonia in a previously healthy child with MIS-C and a positive throat culture for GAS.

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case reportcommunity-acquired pneumoniacomplicated pneumoniaGAS superinfectionhydropneumothoraxMIS-C

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