Croup as a Previously Unrecognized Symptom of COVID-19 in Infants

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Aug 1;41(8):e332. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003565. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

Abstract

Although the most common symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children are fever and cough, cases of croup associated with COVID-19 are reported in the literature and have increased sharply with the Omicron variant. We present severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 as a viral agent in an infant presenting with croup.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Croup* / complications
  • Croup* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Respiratory Tract Infections*
  • SARS-CoV-2

Supplementary concepts

  • SARS-CoV-2 variants