Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the mucosa of the appendices of children with COVID-19

Background. The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) often manifests in children as diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and some children develop acute appendicitis. To elucidate the role of SARS-CoV-2 in the development of acute appendicitis, a more detailed study of the presence of its genetic material in the tissue of the appendix.

OBJECTIVE: Determination of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in appendices of children with COVID-19 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of case histories and morphological analysis using FISH of appendices of pediatric patients with established clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis and confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 was performed. The material was divided into 3 groups: 1st -appendices obtained during appendectomy in children with established clinical diagnosis of «coronavirus infection» (COVID-19, PCR+) (n=42; mean age 10.8 years); 2nd - appendices of children (n=55; mean age 9.7 years) with acute appendicitis obtained before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; 3rd (control) group (n=38; mean age 10.3 years) - autopsy material of the appendices (intact).

RESULTS: In all samples of the appendices of the 1st group, a positive SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA signal was noted in the cytoplasm of most epithelial cells and single immunocompetent cells. The signal intensity remained the same in all slides, regardless of age. In all samples obtained from patients without COVID-19 (groups 2 and 3), confocal microscopy did not reveal a signal, which indicates successful adaptation of the FISH method in this study and excludes the false positive results.

CONCLUSION: In the epithelium of the appendices of children of different age with COVID-19, the FISH method revealed SARS-CoV-2 RNA, which does not exclude the association between viral invasion and the development of acute appendicitis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Arkhiv patologii - 85(2023), 3 vom: 05., Seite 23-28

Sprache:

Russisch

Weiterer Titel:

Vyyavlenie RNK SARS-CoV-2 v slizistoi obolochke cherveobraznogo otrostka u detei s COVID-19

Beteiligte Personen:

Demyashkin, G A [VerfasserIn]
Gorokhov, K R [VerfasserIn]
Nikitin, P V [VerfasserIn]
Zorin, I A [VerfasserIn]
Voznesenskaya, S I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Appendicitis
Children
English Abstract
FISH
Journal Article
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.06.2023

Date Revised 06.06.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.17116/patol20238503123

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357744608