Screening of COVID-19 in outpatient children with cancer or solid organ transplantation: preliminary report

Conclusion: Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection is high among immunosuppressed children and adolescents. COVID-19 has a mild or asymptomatic course in most of these patients.What is Known:• The number of immunosuppressed patients with coronavirus disease 2019 is increasing.• Viral infections have the potential for greater severity in immunocompromised children.What is New:• Seroprevalence for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in immunocompromised pediatric patients was 31%.• A quarter of the serology-positive patients reported mild symptoms and none of them developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with coronavirus disease 2019.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research