key: cord-0895201-00pi2t96
authors: Zhang, Bin; Liu, Shuyi; Zhang, Jue; Xiao, Jijie; Zhu, Shen; Dong, Yuhao; Yuan, Huanchu; Zhong, Qingyang; Yang, Ke; Zou, Yujian; Zhang, Shuixing
title: Children hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a multicenter retrospective descriptive study
date: 2020-05-07
journal: J Infect
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.04.045
sha: 4d9d36bf362b96024229433563077659a7e39270
doc_id: 895201
cord_uid: 00pi2t96

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symptoms. As of April 28, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been responsible for more than 3.05 million confirmed cases around the world. Early evidence showed that children seemed to be escaping the worst effects of the SARS-Cov-2. 2 However, a recent study indicated children with SARS-CoV-2 infection could be detected in early January, 2020 in Wuhan. 3 Another study reported that children are as susceptible to COVID-19 as adults. 4 As the number of children infected with COVID-19 gradually increases, the disease has been documented in infants, children and adolescents, however, limited reports analyzed pediatric patients with COVID-19. Although a recent review has summarized the clinical features and management of infected children, 5 The fecal viral shedding could be as long as 57 days. 6 

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