In:
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 64, No. 3 ( 2022), p. 500-
Abstract:
Background. Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) cause a comprehensive clinic ranging from asymptomatic course
to pneumonia. We aimed to describe the HCoV infections in children to determine the clinical status and coinfection effects in a five-year retrospective surveillance study. The primary outcome was admission to the
intensive care unit (ICU) and the secondary outcome was the need of high oxygen support. Methods. Between September 2015 and November 2020, all patients whose reverse transcription polymerase
chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests were positive were determined and patients with HCoVs were included in the
study. Demographical characteristics, underlying chronic diseases, clinical diagnosis, laboratory data, subtypes of HCoVs, radiological findings, treatments, hospitalization, and ICU admission were analyzed.
Results. Of the 2606 children, the overall respiratory tract virus detection rate was 82.4%. Among these, 98 cases were HCoVs positive and of these 80 (81.6%) were under five years of age and most of the patients were
admitted to the hospital in spring and 70% were a mixed infection with other respiratory viruses. Since lower respiratory tract infections are more common in HCoV coinfections, a significant difference was found in
clinical diagnosis (p
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0041-4301
DOI:
10.24953/turkjped.2021.1536
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2120977-7
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