The First Newborn Case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Turkey

Akkoc G., Cebeci B., Oguz D., Ataoglu E., Kurnaz D., Karabulut N., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, cilt.15, sa.2, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5578/ced.202119819
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Newborn, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, coronavirus disease-2019
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Newborn cases commonly have milder COVID-19 disease. However, this is not enough to define knowledge about clinical manifestation and prognosis of this disease in newborns. A 17-day-old male neonate was admitted to the emergency room with fever and refusal to breastfeed at March 12, 2020. His pharyngeal swab testing was positive with real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assay for SARS-CoV-2. Except his father, all his close contacts were asymptomatic and screened for SARS-CoV-2 and all his close contacts have revealed as positive. During this very contagious outbreak, the COVID-19 disease should be considered in newborns with fever or refusal of feeding.