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Multicenter Study
. 2020 May;25(18):2000600.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.18.2000600.

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

Silvia Garazzino  1 , Carlotta Montagnani  2 , Daniele Donà  3 , Antonella Meini  4 , Enrico Felici  5 , Gianluca Vergine  6 , Stefania Bernardi  7 , Roberta Giacchero  8 , Andrea Lo Vecchio  9 , Paola Marchisio  10 , Giangiacomo Nicolini  11 , Luca Pierantoni  12 , Ivana Rabbone  13 , Giuseppe Banderali  14 , Marco Denina  1 , Elisabetta Venturini  2 , Andrzej Krzysztofiak  7 , Raffaele Badolato  4 , Sonia Bianchini  14 , Luisa Galli  2 , Alberto Villani  7 , Guido Castelli-Gattinara  7 ; Italian SITIP-SIP Pediatric Infection Study Group  15 ; Italian SITIP-SIP SARS-CoV-2 paediatric infection study group*
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Multicenter Study

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

Silvia Garazzino et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 May.

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  • Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2020;25(18).
    Eurosurveillance editorial team. Eurosurveillance editorial team. Euro Surveill. 2020 Jul;25(29):2007231. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.29.2007231. Euro Surveill. 2020. PMID: 32720638 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 infection; children; covid-19; hydroxychloroquine; pneumonia.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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