Clinical characteristics and treatment course of cytomegalovirus-associated thrombocytopenia in immunocompetent children after neonatal period

Clinical characteristics and treatment course of cytomegalovirus-associated thrombocytopenia in immunocompetent children after neonatal period

Clinical characteristics and treatment course of cytomegalovirus-associated thrombocytopenia in immunocompetent children after neonatal period

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Release Date : 2017. 10. 27(금)
Ye Jee Shim1, Eun Mi Choi1, Heung Sik Kim1, Jin Kyung Suh2, Ji Yoon Kim2, Kun Soo Lee2, Sun Young Park3, Jae Min Lee3 , Jeong Ok Hah4
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center Pediatrics1
Kyungpook National University Hospital Pediatrics2
Yeungnam University College of Medicine Pediatrics3
Daegu Fatima Hospital Pediatrics4
심예지1, 최은미1, 김흥식1, 서진경2, 김지윤2, 이건수2, 박선영3, 이재민3 , 하정옥4
계명대학교 동산병원 소아청소년과1
경북대학교병원 소아청소년과2
영남대학교 의과대학 소아청소년과3
대구파티마병원 소아청소년과4

Abstract

Background: Childhood immune thrombocytopenia is a common bleeding disorder that resolves spontaneously in 70–75% of cases. The main cause is viral infection, which typically responds to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or steroid treatment. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes severe infection in prematurely born infants or immunocompromised hosts. However, the clinical manifestation of CMV-associated thrombocytopenia in healthy children after neonatal period is unclear. Methods: The medical records of thrombocytopenia children after neonatal period at three university hospitals in Daegu from January 2000 to March 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Results: There were 1,065 children enrolled in this study; 33 (3.1%) were confirmed as CMV-associated thrombocytopenia and eight showed positive polymerase chain reaction ( PCR) result for CMV with negative IgM. The median age at diagnosis was 13.8 months and the median platelet count was 24,000/µL. Five subjects were diagnosed with Evans syndrome, 15 showed hepatic dysfunction, two had pneumonitis, and one had gastritis. IVIG was used for 25 patients, and six patients showed recurrence. IVIG was re-used or antiviral agent was added. Steroid was used in four patients, and it did not raise the platelet count in one patient. The antiviral agent was used for nine CMV-associated thrombocytopenia subjects. Conclusion: Although many cases of CMV-associated thrombocytopenia are resolved by IVIG, about 30% of patients need further therapy, including antiviral agent for disease control.

Keywords: cytomegalovirus, thrombocytopenia, children