Department of Pediatrics, Child and Mother Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, Marrakesh Medical and Pharmacy Faculty, Caddy Ayad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.
Department of Pediatrics, Child and Mother Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, Marrakesh Medical and Pharmacy Faculty, Caddy Ayad University, Marrakesh, Morocco. Correspondence to: Dr Houda Nassih, Pediatric unit 'B', Department of Pediatrics, Child and Mother Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, Marrakesh Medical and Pharmacy Faculty, Caddy Ayad University, City of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Indian Pediatr. 2020 Sep 15;57(9):808-810. doi: 10.1007/s13312-020-1958-8. Epub 2020 Jul 12.
This study aims to analyze the epidemiological and clinical features of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in a Moroccan pediatric population.
A retrospective study of a cohort of 74 children with RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19. We collected information on clinical and laboratory features of all children (age <18 years) admitted between 2 March, 2020 and 1 April, 2020.
The mean (SD) age of the 74 children (40 girls) was 7 (1.5) years. The mean (SD) time from illness onset to diagnosis was 2 (1) days. 54 children were asymptomatic, while eight had fever, and five cases had cough. Recovery was after a mean (SD) of 12 (1) days.
COVID-19 was mostly mild in the pediatric population in Morocco.
本研究旨在分析摩洛哥儿科人群中 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的流行病学和临床特征。
对 74 例经 RT-PCR 确诊的 COVID-19 患儿进行回顾性队列研究。我们收集了 2020 年 3 月 2 日至 4 月 1 日期间所有(年龄<18 岁)住院患儿的临床和实验室特征信息。
74 名患儿(40 名女孩)的平均(标准差)年龄为 7(1.5)岁。从发病到确诊的平均(标准差)时间为 2(1)天。54 例患儿为无症状,8 例患儿发热,5 例患儿咳嗽。平均(标准差)恢复时间为 12(1)天。
摩洛哥儿科人群中 COVID-19 大多为轻症。