Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Newborns and Very Young Infants: a Series of Six Patients in France

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Jul;39(7):e145-e147. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002743.

Abstract

We present here a series of 6 infants hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 infection from March 14 to March 30, 5 of them are newborns. All 6 patients presented with fever, it was the main symptom for all of them. Only one of them needed oxygen; the others were hospitalized for surveillance but did not need specific care. In our series, coronavirus disease 2019 infection is mostly mild in neonates.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus* / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • France / epidemiology
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
  • SARS-CoV-2