Yuan-Yuan Pei, Hong-Li Wang, Gen-Quan Yin, Yi Xu, Jian-Hao Tan, Xin-Hua Liang, Hui-Ying Wu, Xun-Tao Yin, Chun-Xiao Fang, Jun-Zheng Peng, Zhi-Yuan Wu, Yi Sun, Run Dang, Yu-Feng Liang, Hong-Mei Tang, You-Yi Li, Zhong-Xiang Qiao, Zhi-Cheng Liang, Jian-Ping Tang, Fan-Sen Zeng, Ke-Lu Zheng, Yi-Ru Zeng, Xiao-Jun Cao, Hui-Min Xia, Jian-Rui Wei, Jin-Ling Tang, Si-Tang Gong
BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate over time, and reports on children infected with Omicron BA.5 are limited. We aimed to analyze the specific symptoms of Omicron-infected children and to improve patient care. METHODS: We selected 315 consecutively hospitalized children with Omicron BA.5 and 16,744 non-Omicron-infected febrile children visiting the fever clinic at our hospital between December 8 and 30, 2022. Specific convulsions and body temperatures were compared between the two cohorts...
May 7, 2024: World Journal of Pediatrics: WJP