Open AccessSerial computed tomographic findings and specific clinical features of pediatric COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report
Author(s) -
Xing Chen,
Xiaojie Zou,
Zhiyong Xu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i11.2345
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , diarrhea , lopinavir , sore throat , coronavirus , viral pneumonia , covid-19 , ritonavir , pediatrics , radiology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , surgery , virus , viral load , antiretroviral therapy
A series of recent cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, was caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus [2019-nCoV, also called severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2]. The World Health Organization officially named the disease as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). With the global spread of COVID-19, similar cases have appeared in other areas of China, and there are a few reports of pediatric patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.