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- Title
Systematic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Screening at Hospital Admission in Children: A French Prospective Multicenter Study.
- Authors
Poline, Julie; Gaschignard, Jean; Leblanc, Claire; Madhi, Fouad; Foucaud, Elsa; Nattes, Elodie; Faye, Albert; Bonacorsi, Stéphane; Mariani, Patricia; Varon, Emmanuelle; Smati-Lafarge, Mounira; Caseris, Marion; Basmaci, Romain; Lachaume, Noémie; Ouldali, Naïm
- Abstract
To assess the relevance of systematic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) screening of all children admitted to hospital, we conducted a prospective multicenter study including 438 consecutive hospitalized children. A symptom-based SARS-CoV-2 testing strategy failed to identify 45% (95% confidence interval, 24%–68%) of hospitalized children infected by SARS-CoV-2. To limit intrahospital transmission, a systematic screening of children admitted to hospital should be considered.
- Subjects
FRANCE; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL significance; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; CONFIDENCE intervals; MEDICAL cooperation; MEDICAL screening; MANN Whitney U Test; MATHEMATICAL variables; HOSPITAL care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; COVID-19 testing; POLYMERASE chain reaction; DATA analysis software; HOSPITAL care of children; LONGITUDINAL method; CHILDREN
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 72, Issue 12, p2215
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa1044