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Clinical background of children tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2:a single-center study

Yamato OSAWA1), Yuki KASUGA1), Hidetoshi GO1), Kimitaka NAKAZAKI1), Shoichi SHIMIZU1), Koji NISHIMURA1), Koji KANEZAWA1), Ichiro MORIOKA1)

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been observed in Japan since March 2020. This study investigated the retrospective clinical backgrounds of patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 at this hospital. During this period, 325 cases were included, of which, 15 (positive rate 4.6%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2. They had a history of more significant contact with COVID-19 patients when compared to the 310 negative cases (p=<0.0001). The symptom of fever was most common among the positive cases with symptoms (8/11 cases). However, no significant difference was found between positive and negative cases. Olfactory and taste disorder was significantly more common in the positive cases than in the negative ones (p=0.0039). It was difficult to distinguish the symptoms between the positive and negative cases. Contact history presented by interview is useful for identifying COVID-19 in children.


1)Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine

Key words COVID-19, positive rate, intrafamilial infections, symptoms
Received August 2, 2021
Accepted October 28, 2021

33 (4):343─351,2021

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