Open AccessA case series of pediatric COVID-19 with complicated symptoms in Iran
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Cheraghali,
Leila Barati,
Dayan Amanian,
Lobat Shahkar,
Maryam Najafinejad,
Hamed Naziri,
Somayeh Shahabi,
Alijan Tabarraei,
Alireza Tahamtan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
future virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1746-0808
pISSN - 1746-0794
DOI - 10.2217/fvl-2021-0091
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , pediatrics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , outbreak
People in different age groups are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection as a newly emerging virus. However, the clinical course, symptoms and disease outcome vary from case to case. Although COVID-19 is usually milder in children than adults, some studies reported nonspecific symptoms. Here, we report eight pediatric cases of COVID-19 admitted in the Taleghani Children Hospital in Gorgan city, north of Iran, with complicated symptoms. The current case series poses several challenges to the pediatricians regarding the pediatric cases of COVID-19. As most literature relating to adults are not always transferable to children, clinicians should be warned about such presentations among children with COVID-19.