Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020

Data on features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children and adolescents are scarce. We report preliminary results of an Italian multicentre study comprising 168 laboratory-confirmed paediatric cases (median: 2.3 years, range: 1 day–17.7 years, 55.9% males), of wh...

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Autores principales: Garazzino, Silvia, Montagnani, Carlotta, Donà, Daniele, Meini, Antonella, Felici, Enrico, Vergine, Gianluca, Bernardi, Stefania, Giacchero, Roberta, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Marchisio, Paola, Nicolini, Giangiacomo, Pierantoni, Luca, Rabbone, Ivana, Banderali, Giuseppe, Denina, Marco, Venturini, Elisabetta, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Badolato, Raffaele, Bianchini, Sonia, Galli, Luisa, Villani, Alberto, Castelli-Gattinara, Guido
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32400362
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.18.2000600
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Sumario:Data on features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children and adolescents are scarce. We report preliminary results of an Italian multicentre study comprising 168 laboratory-confirmed paediatric cases (median: 2.3 years, range: 1 day–17.7 years, 55.9% males), of which 67.9% were hospitalised and 19.6% had comorbidities. Fever was the most common symptom, gastrointestinal manifestations were frequent; two children required intensive care, five had seizures, 49 received experimental treatments and all recovered.

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