Minhye Kim, Younghun Choi, Soo Yeon Kim, Anna Cho, Hunmin Kim, Jong Hee Chae, Ki Joong Kim, Dasom Park, Young Se Kwon, Min-Jee Kim, Mi-Sun Yum, Ju Hyun Kong, Yoon Jin Lee, Byung Chan Lim
BACKGROUND: The Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is known to be more infectious and less severe than the other variants. Despite the increasing number of symptomatic patients, severe neurological complications in children with the Omicron variant have been reported rarely, unlike with wild-type or Delta variants. This study aimed to investigate severe neurological complications in children with Omicron variant infection. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 17 pediatric patients with severe neurological manifestations associated with coronavirus disease 2019 in Korea during the Omicron variant prevalence, from January 1 to April 30, 2022...
April 7, 2024: Pediatric Neurology