February 7, 2020

Diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in children: a pressing issue

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• Clinical features of 28 pediatric 2019-nCoV patients are described. 
  • Age range 1 month – 17 years, all associated with family clusters. Several patients had no obvious clinical symptoms but were identified as part of close contact screening.
  • Most had mild symptoms without fever or pneumonia.
  • No severe cases or deaths have been reported.

Shen and Yang (Feb 1, 2020). Diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in children: a pressing issue. World Journal of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-020-00344-6