A Case Series of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in 3 Febrile Infants in New York

Pediatrics. 2020 Jul;146(1):e20201056. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1056. Epub 2020 May 13.

Abstract

We describe 3 febrile infants <2 months of age admitted to a large tertiary care children's hospital in New York and subsequently found to be infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. All 3 patients presented with fever, feeding difficulty, lymphopenia, and thrombocytosis on laboratory evaluation. Two of the 3 patients were found to have neutropenia, and 2 had known exposures to sick contacts. In this case series, we describe 3 of the youngest patients to be reported with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in the United States.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / metabolism
  • Female
  • Fever / complications*
  • Fever / diagnosis*
  • Fever / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • New York
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / metabolism
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tertiary Care Centers