Clinical characteristics of a case series of children with coronavirus disease 2019

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Jun;55(6):1430-1432. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24767. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

Abstract

We reported the clinical characteristics of a case series of 10 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) aged from 1 year to 18 years. Seven patients had contact with confirmed COVID-19 family members before onset. Fever (4 [40.0%]) and cough (3 [30.0%]) were the most common symptoms. No patient showed leucopenia and lymphopenia on admission. Pneumonia was observed in chest CT images in 5 (50.0%) patients. Five (50.0%) patients received antiviral treatment. No patient had severe complications or developed a severe illness in our study. Our study indicated that COVID-19 children present less severe symptoms and have better outcomes.

Keywords: children; coronavirus disease 2019; prognosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Cough / virology
  • Female
  • Fever / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed