Case Report of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Term Newborn.
J Trop Pediatr
; 67(4)2021 08 27.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1393328
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been shown to affect all age groups. The data in the literature usually admit a milder form of disease in infants and newborns than adults. COVID-19 is rarely seen in newborns and an urgent diagnosis should be made in any suspicious situation. A 6-day-old female newborn was admitted to our hospital with fever and dyspnea without cough. A rapid reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction COVID-19 showed a positive result. Chest computed tomography revealed bilateral and widespread pulmonary involvement. After support therapy, the newborn was successfully discharged. We should carefully consider the new type of coronavirus as an agent for pneumonia in newborns with fever and dyspnea together with non-symptomatic family history. Our case was one of the interesting reported cases of severe pneumonia presenting in the perinatal period.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Tropej
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