Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with COVID-19 in Selangor, Malaysia.
IJID Reg
; 2: 63-69, 2022 Mar.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1549839
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.Methods:
A retrospective observational study was performed on children aged <12 years diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection between January 25 and December 31, 2020. A comparative analysis was undertaken between asymptomatic and symptomatic children, as well as a sub-analysis of their caretakers' COVID-19 status.Results:
A total of 1498 children were included, 48.7% female and 51.3% male. Their mean age was 5.6 years (standard deviation 3.5 years). Overall, 82.3% were detected through contact tracing of positive family members or from the same household. Fifty-seven percent were asymptomatic. The most common symptoms reported were fever, nasal congestion/rhinorrhoea, and cough. Compared to asymptomatic children, those who were symptomatic had higher reported comorbidities, lower total white blood cell (WBC), absolute lymphocyte, and absolute neutrophil counts, raised C-reactive protein (CRP), and raised aspartate transaminase (P < 0.05). The median duration of illness was 10 days (interquartile range 3 days). Overall outcomes were good. Only 19 (8.2%) negative caretakers seroconverted prior to discharge.Conclusions:
The majority of the children in the State of Selangor experienced mild COVID-19 illness in 2020, and they did not appear to be key drivers in the transmission of the disease.
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IJID Reg
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2022
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