Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 in Children: Report From the COVID-19 Registry in Japan

Kensuke Shoji; Takayuki Akiyama; Shinya Tsuzuki; Nobuaki Matsunaga; Yusuke Asai; Setsuko Suzuki; Noriko Iwamoto; Takanori Funaki; Norio Ohmagari

doi:10.1093/jpids/piab085

Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 in Children: Report From the COVID-19 Registry in Japan

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Dec 31;10(12):1097-1100. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab085.

Authors

Kensuke Shoji¹, Takayuki Akiyama², Shinya Tsuzuki², Nobuaki Matsunaga², Yusuke Asai², Setsuko Suzuki³, Noriko Iwamoto³, Takanori Funaki¹, Norio Ohmagari^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
² AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

A total of 1038 pediatric patients with COVID-19 were identified. Among these, 308 (30%) had asymptomatic COVID-19. The overall outcome was good, and no patients died. A significant rate of patients aged <24 months and ≥13 years were found in the symptomatic group.

Keywords: children; coronavirus disease 2019; epidemiology; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Child
Hospitalization
Humans
Japan
Registries
SARS-CoV-2