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.
Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020 / S. Garazzino, C. Montagnani, D. Dona, A. Meini, E. Felici, G. Vergine, S. Bernardi, R. Giacchero, A.L. Vecchio, P. Marchisio, G. Nicolini, L. Pierantoni, I. Rabbone, G. Banderali, M. Denina, E. Venturini, A. Krzysztofiak, R. Badolato, S. Bianchini, L. Galli, A. Villani, G. Castelli-Gattinara. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1560-7917. - 25:18(2020 May 07), pp. 1-4. [10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.18.2000600]
Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020
P. Marchisio;
2020
Abstract
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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