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. 2020 Apr 17:ciaa452. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa452

SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in febrile infants without respiratory distress

Michal Paret 1, Jennifer Lighter 1, Rebecca Pellett Madan 1, Vanessa N Raabe 1,2, Gail F Shust 1, Adam J Ratner 1,3,
PMCID: PMC7184455  PMID: 32301967

Abstract

We report two cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in infants presenting with fever in the absence of respiratory distress who required hospitalization for evaluation of possible invasive bacterial infections. The diagnoses resulted from routine isolation and real-time RT-PCR-based testing for SARS-CoV-2 for febrile infants in an outbreak setting.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, children, pediatric, fever


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