Pediatric Asthma & Coronavirus (COVID-19)-Clinical Presentation in an Asthmatic
Child-Case Report
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Barsoum Z
SN Compr Clin Med
2020[]; 2
(6
): 700-702
PMID32838131
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Pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) is a novel virus that causes severe pneumonia.
Elderly people with co-morbidities are at risk of severe disease. Symptoms are
generally milder in children. We present an asthmatic 12-year old girl with
cough, wheeze, and mild pneumonia due to COVID-19. Reverse transcription (RT)
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed COVID-19 on nasopharyngeal sample.
Chest radiograph revealed bronchopneumonia. Frequent salbutamol inhalers were
administered for treatment. Case was discharged home 2 days following
hospitalization. COVID-19 may present with mild pneumonia in children or with an
exacerbation of asthma in asthmatic children. Additional observations of clinical
presentations of COVID-19 in children are recommended.