Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Febrile Infants Without Respiratory Distress
Michal Paret, Jennifer Lighter, Rebecca Pellett Madan, Vanessa Raabe, Gail F. Shust, Adam J. Ratner
Abstract
We report 2 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) in infants presenting with fever in the absence of respiratory distress who required hospitalization for evaluation of possible invasive bacterial infections. The diagnoses resulted from routine isolation and real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction-based testing for SARS-CoV-2 for febrile infants in an outbreak setting.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRespiratory systemRespiratory distressOutbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusAcute respiratory distressIsolation (microbiology)VirologyImmunologyInternal medicineLungInfectious disease (medical specialty)AnesthesiaBiologyDiseaseBioinformaticsRespiratory viral infections researchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research