Title: Case Report of COVID Positive Children Admitted in SLBSGMC Nerchowk Mandi
Authors: Dr Richa Sharma, Dr Vinod Kumar, Dr Vishal Jamwal, Dr Chandershekar, Dr Pratima Thakur, Dr Pradeep Attri
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i10.10
Abstract
Introduction
In December 2019, cluster cases of pneumonia were reported in Wuhan china and the source was a new type of coronavirus. Seven coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans. Of these, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-HKU1 usually cause mild upper respiratory symptoms, and rarely cause serious disease. SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV infections can lead to severe lower respiratory tract symptoms with acute severe respiratory syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the betacoronaviruses and can also infect the lower respiratory tract and cause pneumonia. On February 11, 2019. WHO declared the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Many studies have been reported in adults, but very less case reports are in pediatric age group. Fever, cough, and shortness of breath are common among adults however, these symptoms are less frequently reported symptoms amongst children. Myalgia, sore throat, headache, and diarrhea were also less reported symptoms. We are reporting eleven covid patients who tested positive by RT-PCR and were symptomatic therefore admitted with us.
