RESUMEN
Our study aimed to assess the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in hospitalized infants under 40 days old, across 21 Belgian hospitals between 2020 and 2022. Of the 365 infants studied, 14.2% needed respiratory support. The median hospital stay was 3 days (interquartile range, 2-4), and there were no deaths. Infection severity was similar during the Omicron and Alpha/Delta periods.
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COVID-19 , Hospitalización , Tiempo de Internación , SARS-CoV-2 , Humanos , COVID-19/epidemiología , Bélgica/epidemiología , Lactante , Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Femenino , Tiempo de Internación/estadística & datos numéricos , Índice de Severidad de la EnfermedadRESUMEN
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus responsible of the current COVID-19 pandemic, has limited impact in the pediatric population. Children are often asymptomatic or present mild flu-like symptoms. We report the case of a COVID-19-infected adolescent presenting severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury without any fever or respiratory symptoms.