COVID-19 in children with haematological malignancies.
Arch Dis Child
; 107(2): 186-188, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1322772
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Children with cancer are not at increased risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection; however, adults with haematological malignancies have increased risk of severe infections compared with non-haematological malignancies.METHODS:
We compared patients with haematological and non-haematological malignancies enrolled in the UK Paediatric Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project between 12 March 2020 and 16 February 2021. Children who received stem cell transplantation were excluded.RESULTS:
Only 2/62 patients with haematological malignancy had severe/critical infections, with an OR of 0.5 for patients with haematological compared with non-haematological malignancies.INTERPRETATION:
Children with haematological malignancies are at no greater risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection than those with non-haematological malignancies.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Severity of Illness Index
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Hematologic Neoplasms
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch Dis Child
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Archdischild-2021-322062
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