TY - JOUR AU - Abdel Baki, Amin; Zaky, Samy; Hosny, Hossam; Elassal, Gehan; Abdelbary, Akram; Said, Ahmad; Kamal, Ehab; Asem, Noha; Ibrahim, Hamdy; Eid, Alaa; Amin, Wagdy; El Badry, Mohamed; Mossa, Abdelmajeed; El-Raey, Fathiya; Baghdady, Shazly; Tahoon, Marwa; Hassany, Mohamed; Zaid, Hala TI - COVID-19 in Egyptian Children: A Multicenter Study SN - 1305-7707 SN - 1305-7693 PY - 2021 JO - J Pediatr Infect Dis JF - Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases LA - EN VL - 16 IS - 02 SP - 057 EP - 061 DA - 2021/02/01 KW - COVID-19 KW - Egypt KW - children AB - Objective The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made its worldwide spread since its outbreak in December 2019. Limited information is available about the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of COVID-19, especially in Africa and Egypt.Methods We aimed to study the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in Egyptian children. This is an observational retrospective cohort study performed at two specialized COVID-19 isolation hospitals in Egypt. All admitted COVID-19 pediatric patients between March 20, 2020, and May 1, 2020, were included in the study.Discussion This study included 40 COVID-19 confirmed cases (mean age, 9.4 years), 67.5% were male, 85% were asymptomatic, and 15% had mild symptoms. There were no confirmed severe or critically ill cases among the patients.Conclusion COVID-19 runs in a benign course in Egyptian children with no mortality and no significant morbidity. PB - Georg Thieme Verlag KG DO - 10.1055/s-0040-1722284 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0040-1722284 ER -