May 5, 2020

Clinical Features of Pediatric Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• This retrospective analysis of clinical characteristics of children diagnosed with COVID-19 (n=16, age 11 months to 14 years) found that no children experienced severe illness. Most cases (12/16) were exposure to a family member with COVID-19. Among asymptomatic children (8/16), the median time from exposure via family member to first positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test (NAT) result was 15.5 days (range, 10–26 days; the median time to first negative NAT result was 5.5 days (range, 1–23 days). 

Song et al. (April 16, 2020). Clinical Features of Pediatric Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Journal of Clinical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104377