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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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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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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author 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
author_facet 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
author_sort Garazzino, Silvia
collection PubMed
description 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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spelling pubmed-72190282020-05-15 Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020 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 Euro Surveill Rapid Communication 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. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7219028/ /pubmed/32400362 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.18.2000600 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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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
Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
title Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
title_full Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
title_fullStr Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
title_full_unstemmed Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
title_short Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
title_sort multicentre italian study of sars-cov-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 april 2020
topic Rapid Communication
url 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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