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THE PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN WITH PCR-CONFIRMED COVID-19 IN VOLGOGRAD REGION

K.O. Kaplunov, L.V. Kramar, I.N. Shishimorov, T.E. Zayachnikova

ФГБОУ ВО «Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет» Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации

Abstract

The article presents clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children 0–16 years old with a laboratory confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, hospitalized in the state children’s infectious clinic in April-August 2020. The diagnosis was verified by nucleic acid amplification: isolation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from the upper respiratory tract mucosa. The study did not include non-hospitalized patients. The authors highlight some features of the clinical symptoms of the nosology in question in childhood, and show the compliance of therapeutic and diagnostic techniques used in inpatient treatment with the requirements of regulatory documents.

Keywords

COVID-19 in children, SARS-CoV-2, clinical and epidemiological characteristics.

Contacts

Каплунов Кирилл Олегович – к. м. н., доцент кафедры педиатрии и неонатологии ИНМФО ФГБОУ ВО «Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России, e-mail: kkaplunovtmss@yandex.ru