Eurosurv. Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020

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Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020

• Silvia Garazzino[SUP]1[/SUP], Carlotta Montagnani[SUP]2[/SUP], Daniele Don?[SUP]3[/SUP], Antonella Meini[SUP]4[/SUP], Enrico Felici[SUP]5[/SUP], Gianluca Vergine[SUP]6[/SUP], Stefania Bernardi[SUP]7[/SUP], Roberta Giacchero[SUP]8[/SUP], Andrea Lo Vecchio[SUP]9[/SUP], Paola Marchisio[SUP]10[/SUP], Giangiacomo Nicolini[SUP]11[/SUP], Luca Pierantoni[SUP]12[/SUP], Ivana Rabbone[SUP]13[/SUP], Giuseppe Banderali[SUP]14[/SUP], Marco Denina[SUP]1[/SUP], Elisabetta Venturini[SUP]2[/SUP], Andrzej Krzysztofiak[SUP]7[/SUP], Raffaele Badolato[SUP]4[/SUP], Sonia Bianchini[SUP]14[/SUP], Luisa Galli[SUP]2[/SUP], Alberto Villani[SUP]7[/SUP], Guido Castelli-Gattinara[SUP]7[/SUP], the Italian SITIP-SIP Pediatric Infection Study Group[SUP]15[/SUP]

Data on features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in children and adolescents are scarce. We report preliminary results of an Italian multicentre study comprising 168 laboratory-confirmed paediatric cases (median: 2.3 years, range: 1 day–17.7 years, 55.9% males), of which 67.9% were hospitalised and 19.6% had comorbidities. Fever was the most common symptom, gastrointestinal manifestations were frequent; two children required intensive care, five had seizures, 49 received experimental treatments and all recovered.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.18.2000600#html_fulltext