Open AccessA Drop in Number of Hospitalizations Among Children with Bacterial Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Rachel Gavish,
Irit Krause,
Lotem Goldberg,
Efraim Bilavsky,
Gili Kadmon,
Gilat Livni,
Oded Scheuerman,
Yoel Levinsky
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002963
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pneumonia , bacterial pneumonia , pandemic , medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak
A significant drop was found in the number of hospitalizations due to bacterial infections among children during the first peak period of COVID-19 in Israel. There was a 77% decrease in serious bacterial infections, and ≥50% decrease in most types of bacterial infections, especially osteoarticular and skin infections, followed by pneumonia and ENT infections.