Favorable Outcome in Infants Hospitalized With COVID-19: Single Center Experience from Athens, Greece

Indian Pediatr. 2022 Sep 15;59(9):722-723. doi: 10.1007/s13312-022-2604-4. Epub 2022 Jun 11.

Abstract

This study aims to describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of 92 infants (aged <12 months) with community-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between March, 2020 and June, 2021 at a single center in Athens. Infants with COVID-19 developed mild disease (89, 96.7%), and were infected mostly by their household contacts (74, 80.4%). Disease complications were rare, indicating that hospitalization is the result of low threshold for admission rather than disease severity.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index