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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):2215-2217.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1044.

Systematic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Screening at Hospital Admission in Children: A French Prospective Multicenter Study

Julie Poline  1   2 , Jean Gaschignard  1   3   4 , Claire Leblanc  5 , Fouad Madhi  6 , Elsa Foucaud  5 , Elodie Nattes  6 , Albert Faye  1   4   7 , Stéphane Bonacorsi  3   4   8 , Patricia Mariani  8 , Emmanuelle Varon  9   10 , Mounira Smati-Lafarge  9 , Marion Caseris  1   4 , Romain Basmaci  3   11 , Noémie Lachaume  4   11 , Naïm Ouldali  1   4   7   12
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Multicenter Study

Systematic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Screening at Hospital Admission in Children: A French Prospective Multicenter Study

Julie Poline et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

To assess the relevance of systematic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) screening of all children admitted to hospital, we conducted a prospective multicenter study including 438 consecutive hospitalized children. A symptom-based SARS-CoV-2 testing strategy failed to identify 45% (95% confidence interval, 24%-68%) of hospitalized children infected by SARS-CoV-2. To limit intrahospital transmission, a systematic screening of children admitted to hospital should be considered.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 infection; children; intra-hospital transmission; systematic screening.

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