Early Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection Manifesting With Hypoxemia Requiring Respiratory Support

Mariateresa Sinelli; Giuseppe Paterlini; Marco Citterio; Alessia Di Marco; Tiziana Fedeli; Maria Luisa Ventura

doi:10.1542/peds.2020-1121

Early Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection Manifesting With Hypoxemia Requiring Respiratory Support

Pediatrics. 2020 Jul;146(1):e20201121. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1121. Epub 2020 May 4.

Authors

Mariateresa Sinelli¹, Giuseppe Paterlini², Marco Citterio², Alessia Di Marco², Tiziana Fedeli², Maria Luisa Ventura²

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma and Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale-Monza, Monza, Italy mtsinelli@gmail.com.
² Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma and Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale-Monza, Monza, Italy.

PMID: 32366612
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-1121

Abstract

We describe a case of neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection, in an infant diagnosed 3 days after birth, and manifesting with silent hypoxemia, requiring respiratory support.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Humans
Hypoxia / complications*
Hypoxia / diagnostic imaging*
Hypoxia / therapy
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Respiration, Artificial* / methods
SARS-CoV-2