18 December 2020>: Clinical Research
Characteristics of Nosocomial Infections in Children Screened for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in China
Jun Shen 1AE* , Jing Sun 1AE* , Danyang Zhao 2AE* , Suyun Li 3AE* , Weiqiang Xiao 4AE* , Xian Cai 1B , Jianjiang Yan 1B , Weidong Zhu 1B , Qiaozhi Guo 2B , Xiulan Wen 5B , Jinxia Wu 3B , Xuan Shi 3B , Daoju Jiang 3C , Jing Huang 3C , Jiaming Luo 1C , Huan Chen 6C , Yan Hong 1C , Wencheng Ma 3D , Guangming Liu 3F , Haomei Yang 3D , Qiang Wang 3F , Yongling Song 3F , Jinai Lin 1D , Xin Sun 7A* , Peiqing Li 3A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928835
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e928835
Table 1 Patient’s characteristics.
Total (n=159) | |
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Female, n (%) | 61 (38.4) |
Age, month, median (Q1, Q3) | 34 (15, 60) |
Age, n (%) | |
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1 month to 1 year | 30 (18.9) |
1 year to 3 year | 69 (43.4) |
3 year to 7 year | 39 (24.5) |
>7 year | 21 (13.2) |
Onset, day, median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (1, 4) |
Days of hospitalization in screening wards, day, median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (1, 2) |
Hours of waiting for the first SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test report, mean±SD | 9.1±2.6 |
Travel or residence history to Wuhan and surrounding areas, or other communities with confirmed cases within 14 days before the onset of illness | 103 (64.8) |
History of contact with SARS-CoV-2 infected persons (positive RT-PCR test) within 14 days before the onset of illness | 2 (1.3) |
Patients with fever or respiratory symptoms from Wuhan or surrounding areas, or from communities with confirmed cases, within 14 days before the onset of illness | 41 (25.8) |
Cluster onset | 14 (8.8) |
Non-epidemiological cases | 8 (5.0) |
Fever | 125 (78.6) |
Cough/dry cough | 77 (48.4) |
Sputum production | 73 (45.9) |
Runny nose | 37 (23.3) |
Vomiting/diarrhea/ abdominal pain | 19 (11.9) |
Pulmonary rales | 15 (9.4) |
Stuffy nose | 10 (6.3) |
Gasping | 10 (6.3) |
Tachypnea | 6 (3.8) |
Seizure | 4 (2.5) |
Inspiratory triconcave sign/ cyanosis | 3 (1.9) |
Sore throat | 2 (1.3) |
Chest pain | 1 (0.6) |
Myalgias | 1 (0.6) |
Dizziness/headache | 1 (0.6) |
Respiratory failure | 0 |
X-ray (n=114) | |
No abnormalities | 7 (61.4) |
Bronchiti | 67 (58.8) |
Pneumonia | 40 (25.2) |
CT (n=41) | |
No abnormalities | 13 (31.7) |
Bronchitis | 0 |
Pneumonia | 28 (68.3) |
Patchy | 13 (46.4) |
Ground-glass opacities shadow | 5 (17.9) |
Strip-like | 4 (32.1) |
Nodular | 1 (3.6) |
Consolidation | 5 (17.9) |
Outcomes | |
Healed and discharged | 144 (90.6) |
Transferred to Confirmed Ward | 1 (0.6) |
Transferred to other wards | 15 (9.4) |
Transferred to PICU | 1 (0.6) |
Follow-up after 21 days | |
Normal status | 158 (99.4) |
Still in hospital | 1 (0.6) |