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Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Newborns and Very Young Infants: a Series of Six Patients in France.

Authors :
Meslin P
Guiomard C
Chouakria M
Porcher J
Duquesne F
Tiprez C
Zemouri N
Source :
The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2020 Jul; Vol. 39 (7), pp. e145-e147.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We present here a series of 6 infants hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 infection from March 14 to March 30, 5 of them are newborns. All 6 patients presented with fever, it was the main symptom for all of them. Only one of them needed oxygen; the others were hospitalized for surveillance but did not need specific care. In our series, coronavirus disease 2019 infection is mostly mild in neonates.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1532-0987
Volume :
39
Issue :
7
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32404787
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002743