# COVID‐19 and a Pulmonary Abscess in a 2‐Month Infant: A Case Report

**Authors:** Rana Tafrishi, Abbas Boskabadi, Ahmad Mohammadipour, Seyed Javad Seyedi

PMC · DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.70179 · Respirology Case Reports · 2025-05-13

## TL;DR

A 2-month-old infant with a lung abscess tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, highlighting a rare case of COVID-19 in very young children.

## Contribution

The paper reports a rare case of a pulmonary abscess in a 2-month-old infant with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

## Key findings

- A 2-month-old infant presented with a lung abscess and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
- This case suggests that even very young infants can develop severe complications from SARS-CoV-2.

## Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is an acute respiratory syndrome that has had a significant global impact. Some studies reported that SARS‐CoV‐2 infected adults, especially intubated individuals, are at risk of lung abscess, but a few studies show lung abscess in infants. We present a 2‐month‐old infant with a lung abscess and positive SARS‐CoV‐2 PCR.

This study presents a 2‐month‐old infant girl with a lung abscess with positive SARS‐CoV‐2 PCR.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** SARS-CoV-2 (MONDO:0100096), COVID-19 (MONDO:0100096)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** CRP (C-reactive protein) [NCBI Gene 1401] {aka PTX1}
- **Diseases:** respiratory failure (MESH:D012131), death (MESH:D003643), inherited lung diseases (MESH:D030342), respiratory distress (MESH:D012128), bacterial (MESH:D001424), infection (MESH:D007239), bacterial and fungal infections (MESH:D009181), bronchiectasis (MESH:D001987), diarrhoea (MESH:D003967), Super (MESH:C535318), pneumonia (MESH:D011014), prematurity (MESH:C536271), long-term complications (MESH:D000088562), congenital lung anomalies (MESH:C562992), cough (MESH:D003371), respiratory syndrome (MESH:D012120), fever (MESH:D005334), jaundice (MESH:D007565), SARS (MESH:D045169), sore throat (MESH:D010612), COVID-19 (MESH:D000086382), pulmonary anomaly (MESH:D008171), primary ciliary dyskinesia (MESH:D002925), immunodeficiencies (MESH:D007153), myalgia (MESH:D063806), collapse (MESH:D001261), hypoxemia (MESH:D000860), anorexia (MESH:D000855), fatigue (MESH:D005221), congenital pulmonary airway malformation (MESH:D056151), toxicity (MESH:D064420), cyst (MESH:D003560), retraction (MESH:D004370), cyanosis (MESH:D003490), Viral infection (MESH:D014777), haemorrhage (MESH:D006470), dyspnea (MESH:D004417), Lung abscess (MESH:D008169), superinfection (MESH:D015163), abscess (MESH:D000038), cystic fibrosis (MESH:D003550), thrombosis (MESH:D013927), pulmonary infarction (MESH:D054060)
- **Chemicals:** vancomycin (MESH:D014640), oxygen (MESH:D010100), Meropenem (MESH:D000077731)
- **Species:** Pseudomonas aeruginosa (species) [taxon 287], Klebsiella species [taxon 2885105], Gammacoronavirus (genus) [taxon 694013], Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (no rank) [taxon 2697049], Escherichia coli (E. coli, species) [taxon 562], Staphylococcus aureus (species) [taxon 1280], Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (species) [taxon 40324], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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## References

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