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Acta Paediatr
. 2021 Oct 26.
doi: 10.1111/apa.16166. Online ahead of print.
Characteristics of COVID-19 patients up to six months of age admitted to a paediatric emergency department
Tommaso Bellini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gioacchino Andrea Rotulo[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Samuele Caruggi[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Sabina Carta[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Irene Bonato[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Emanuela Piccotti[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Very young age could be a potential risk factor for community-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, due to immature immune systems. We retrospectively enrolled 39 infants up to six months of age who had presented to our tertiary Italian children's hospital emergency room between 9 March 2020 and 8 March 2021 and tested positive for the virus. Of those, 38 had a non-specific mild or asymptomatic clinical course and only one patient was admitted to intensive care with severe symptoms. We concluded that very young infants with COVID-19 had a generally favourable disease course.
Keywords: asymptomatic; disease course; emergency room; infants; pandemic.
. 2021 Oct 26.
doi: 10.1111/apa.16166. Online ahead of print.
Characteristics of COVID-19 patients up to six months of age admitted to a paediatric emergency department
Tommaso Bellini[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gioacchino Andrea Rotulo[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Samuele Caruggi[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Sabina Carta[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Irene Bonato[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Emanuela Piccotti[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34704279
- DOI: 10.1111/apa.16166
Abstract
Very young age could be a potential risk factor for community-acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, due to immature immune systems. We retrospectively enrolled 39 infants up to six months of age who had presented to our tertiary Italian children's hospital emergency room between 9 March 2020 and 8 March 2021 and tested positive for the virus. Of those, 38 had a non-specific mild or asymptomatic clinical course and only one patient was admitted to intensive care with severe symptoms. We concluded that very young infants with COVID-19 had a generally favourable disease course.
Keywords: asymptomatic; disease course; emergency room; infants; pandemic.