Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 10 children with coronavirus disease 2019 in Changsha, China

dc.creatorTan, Yu pin
dc.creatorTan, Bo yu
dc.creatorPan, Jia
dc.creatorWu, Jing
dc.creatorZeng, Sai zhen
dc.creatorWei, Hong yan
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T21:11:30Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T21:11:30Z
dc.date.created2020-06
dc.description.abstractenglishBackground The outbreak of a new coronavirus, first reported in Wuhan, China, is spreading around the world. Information on the characteristics of children with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is limited. Methods In this retrospective study, we recruited 10 children infected with SARS-COV-2 from January 27 to March 10, 2020, in Changsha, China. We report the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and high-resolution CT findings for these children. Qualitative descriptive analysis was used to describe the key results. Results Ten children were included. Three were male and seven were female. Three were from Wuhan, Hubei Province, and seven were from Changsha. All had a history of close contact with adults with COVID-19 before the onset of disease. Clinical manifestations included fever in four cases, respiratory symptoms in three cases, febrile convulsions in one case, vomiting in one case, abdominal pain in one case, and asymptomatic infection in two cases. All the children tested positive for nucleic acid in throat swabs at admission. Stool swabs of three cases were positive for nucleic acid after several days of fever. In nine children, blood routine results were normal, whereas in one case the white blood cell count was elevated. In four cases, CT findings of the lungs showed light ground-glass opacities, one case showed changes similar to bronchopneumonia, and the remaining cases were normal. All were treated with symptomatic support without complications. Conclusion Our findings indicate that intrafamily transmission may be the main form of transmission of COVID-19 in children, and persistent intestinal excretion of virus is another characteristic among children. The results of stool swab tests should be considered for discharge and release from isolation.spa
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104353spa
dc.identifier.issn1386-6532spa
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386653220300950?via%3Dihubspa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/11129
dc.publisherJournal of Clinical Virologyeng
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessspa
dc.sourcereponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTLspa
dc.sourceinstname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozanospa
dc.subjectCoronavirus 2019spa
dc.subjectCaracterísticas clínicasspa
dc.subject.keywordCoronavirus disease 2019spa
dc.subject.keywordClinical characteristicsspa
dc.subject.keywordEpidemiologicspa
dc.subject.lembSíndrome respiratorio agudo gravespa
dc.subject.lembCOVID-19spa
dc.subject.lembSARS-CoV-2spa
dc.subject.lembCoronavirusspa
dc.titleEpidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 10 children with coronavirus disease 2019 in Changsha, Chinaspa
dc.type.hasversioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionspa
dc.type.localArtículospa

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