J Infect Chemother . Clinical features and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in early infants in Japan: A case series and literature review

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J Infect Chemother


. 2022 Jan 6;S1341-321X(21)00362-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.12.026. Online ahead of print.
Clinical features and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in early infants in Japan: A case series and literature review


Hiroyuki Iijima ¹ , Takanori Funaki ² , Mitsuru Kubota ³



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• PMID: 35027300
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.12.026

Abstract

The clinical picture in early infants with COVID-19 has been described in a limited number of reports, mainly from European countries, United States, and China, but not Japan. Although several reports suggested that early infants can develop more severe COVID-19 disease than older children, risk factors for severe illness and differences according to nationality or ethnicity remain unclear. We report a case series of 13 infants ≤90 days old with COVID-19 in Japan. All patients had mild outcomes and did not require respiratory support or intensive care.

Keywords: COVID-19; Infant; Neonate; SARS-CoV-2.