Open AccessCan the Omicron variant of COVID‐19 cause pneumonia in young patients without risk factors?
Author(s) -
Ito Noriaki,
Kitahara Yoshihiro,
Miwata Kei,
Okimoto Mafumi,
Takafuta Toshiro
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5684
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , pneumonia , complication , coronavirus , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has rapidly spread worldwide since December 2021. In daily medical practice, pneumonia does not often appear as a complication of the Omicron variant. We present a case of COVID‐19 pneumonia by the Omicron variant in young patients without obvious risk factors.