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. 2020 May 18;20:227. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02140-7

Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of 8 hospitalized preschool children infected with COVID-19

Characteristic Patients
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Demographics
Sex Male Female Male Female Female Female Male Female
Age 1y 2 y 3 y 3 y 4 y 5 y 1y 2y
Time from onset to initial diagnosis 5d 7d 10d 8d 7d 6d 9d 1d
Symptoms at onset
Fever Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Cough Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Runny nose No Yes No Yes No No No Yes
Epidemiologic history
Exposure to Wuhan Yes No No No No No Yes No
No. of family members infected 0 0 0 0 0 1 (mother) 0 1 (mother)
Laboratory examination
WBC (109/L) 6.66 9.68 10.75 ↑ 4.93 7.12 6.45 8.31 7.28
Neutrophils (109/L) 2.92 3.31 3.85 2.83 3.45 2.97 7.58 3.02
Neutrophils (%) 43.8 ↓ 34.3 ↓ 35.9 ↓ 57.4 33.2 ↓ 59.2 83.2 ↑ 54.3
Lymphocyte (109/L) 3.15 5.6 ↑ 6.22 ↑ 1.66 2.12 3.25 1.78 1.97
Lymphocyte (%) 47.4 ↑ 57.8 ↑ 57.9 ↑ 33.6 48.2 ↑ 31.8 16.5 ↓ 59.2 ↑
Eosinophils (109/L) 0.12 0.14 0.13 0.09 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.17
Eosinophils (%) 1.8 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.4
Basophils (109/L) 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.06 0.01
Basophils (%) 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3
ESR (mm/H) 8 12 5 11 7 6 9 12
CRP (mg/L) 0.75 0.5 0.85 32.1 ↑ 0.65 1.22 0.89 1.03
Past medical history Surgery a no no no no no Surgery b no
Coexisting infection no no no no no no Mycoplasma pneumonia no
Clinical type Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Mild Mild Critical Moderate

↑ indicates an increase and ↓ indicates a decrease in these laboratory examination indexes. a patient 1 had a past medical history of surgery for nephroblastoma; b patient 7 had a past medical history of surgery for nephroblastoma congenital heart disease

Abbreviations: WBC white blood cell, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein