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Clinical characteristics of a case series of children with coronavirus disease 2019
Author(s) -
Zhu Li,
Wang Jian,
Huang Rui,
Liu Longgen,
Zhao Haiyan,
Wu Chao,
Zhu Chuanwu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.24767
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , covid-19 , pediatrics , coronavirus , disease , severity of illness , case series , respiratory disease , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak , alternative medicine
We reported the clinical characteristics of a case series of 10 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) aged from 1 year to 18 years. Seven patients had contact with confirmed COVID‐19 family members before onset. Fever (4 [40.0%]) and cough (3 [30.0%]) were the most common symptoms. No patient showed leucopenia and lymphopenia on admission. Pneumonia was observed in chest CT images in 5 (50.0%) patients. Five (50.0%) patients received antiviral treatment. No patient had severe complications or developed a severe illness in our study. Our study indicated that COVID‐19 children present less severe symptoms and have better outcomes.