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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul 13;91(3):ahead of print.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i3.10074.

Newly-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus precipitated by COVID-19 in an 8-month-old infant

Ashraf T Soliman  1 , Mohamed Al-Amri  1 , Khaled Alleethy  1 , Nada Alaaraj  1 , Noor Hamed  1 , Vincenzo De Sanctis  2
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Case Reports

Newly-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus precipitated by COVID-19 in an 8-month-old infant

Ashraf T Soliman et al. Acta Biomed. .

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is rare in infants and toddlers and is usually associated with a relatively high mortality when complicated with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). In infants, the classical symptoms of DKA are atypical and therefore many infants with DKA are mistreated for infections. We report a case of DKA precipitated by COVID-19 in an 8-month-old infant with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus. This case is reported in view of its rarity and originality. The relation between T1DM and COVID19 infection is discussed.

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