Pneunomia by sars cov-2 in five months old newborn
Revista Cubana de Pediatria
; 92:1-10, 2020.
Article
in Spanish
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-824294
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Pneumonias adquired in the community have a high rate of morbility in pediatric ages, besides it is still the main infectious cause of death in developing countries. Pediatric cases recorded with COVID-19 are less frequent than in adults and with lighter features in general sense, specially in newborns. In Cuba more than 70% of pediatric patients possitive to COVID-19 have developed the disease as asymptomatics.Objective:
To describe the characteristics of an asymptomatic pediatric patient with pneumonia caused by SARS-Cov-2. Case presentation Five months old newborn admitted in hospital after a polimerase´s chain reaction test (PCR) possitive to the new coronavirus. At the admittion time as the patient was asymptomatic, it was diagnosed pneumonia by thorax X-ray. It was started a treatment according to the protocol with kaletra chloroquine and ceftriaxone, with evident improvement during the hospital stay.Conclusions:
Pneumonia caused by SARS CoV-2 in pediatric ages normally evolves clinically asymptomatic and it is essencial to keep a high rate of suspicion towards this entity which in most of the cases its diagnosis is only by imaging studies. © 2020, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
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Revista Cubana de Pediatria
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2020
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