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, Sara Bernardi, R. Giacchero, A. L. Vecchio, P. Marchisio, G. Nicolini, L. Pierantoni, I. Rabbone, G. Banderali, M. Denina, Elena Venturini, A. Krzysztofiak, R. Badolato, Simone Luca Bianchini, L. GalliA. Villani, G. Castelli-Gattinara, F. Salvini, L. Abbagnato, E. Castagnola, I. Dodi, C. Ghitti, P. Lippi, R. Agostiniani, S. Cherubini, Piero Valentini, P. Gianino, A. Vaccaro, P. Manzoni, P. Verna, P. Comberiati, P. Di Filippo, P. Gallia, G. Battezzati, Luca Fiore, C. Dalmazzo, E. Tappi, M. Lazzerini, P. -A. Tovo, C. Scolfaro, G. Pruccoli, U. Ramenghi, C. Giaquinto, L. da Dalt, Giuseppe Tornese, P. Berlese, A. Plebani, E. C. Manno, V. Santilli, L. Lancella, L. Cursi, A. Campana, E. Bozzola, S. Bosis, M. Lanari, C. Pecoraro, P. Del Barba, E. Nicastro, Sebastiano Esposito, G. V. Zuccotti, G. Corsello, F. Cardinale, A. M. Tocco, G. Ballardini, C. Agostoni, E. Chiappini, G. Indolfi, B. Anna, S. Cazzato, G. Zavarise, C. Pignata, F. Marchetti

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivista

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.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1-4
Numero di pagine4
RivistaEurosurveillance
Volume25
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2020

Keywords

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection
  • children
  • pneumonia
  • hydroxychloroquine
  • covid-19

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