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NUNEZ-PAUCAR, Héctor et al. Clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics of pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19: case series. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2020, vol.37, n.4, pp.767-772.  Epub 02-Nov-2020. ISSN 1726-4634.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2020.374.5926.

Children represent 1 to 5% of the entire SARS-CoV-2 infected population, and it is challenging to identify them based on clinical characteristics. We present 5 cases of pediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19; the age range was from 1 to 14 years. They had different clinical characteristics, three of them presented fever, cough and respiratory distress, another one fever and dermatosis, and the other patient had diarrhea and vomiting associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome. Laboratory tests revealed elevated lactate dehydrogenase, D-dimer, and ferritin. The most frequent radiological pattern was perihilar peribronchial thickening. All cases had favorable clinical and radiological evolution. Diverse clinical characteristics should be considered for early diagnosis of COVID-19 in children.

Palabras clave : COVID-19; Coronavirus infection 2019-nCoV; Pediatrics.

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