Volume 13, Number 6—June 2007
Letter
Coronaviruses in Children, Greece
Anna Papa*
, Evangelia Papadimitriou*, Luciano Kleber de Souza Luna†, Motassim Al Masri*, Efimia Souliou*, Maria Eboriadou‡, Antonis Antoniadis*, and Sung Sup Park†
, Evangelia Papadimitriou*, Luciano Kleber de Souza Luna†, Motassim Al Masri*, Efimia Souliou*, Maria Eboriadou‡, Antonis Antoniadis*, and Sung Sup Park†
Table
Epidemiologic and laboratory data for patients with coronavirus infection, Greece*
| Specimen no., HCoV strain | Age, sex | Sample date | Symptoms | WBC (cells/ mm3) | Granulocytes, % | ESR (mm/h) | Days in hospital | Coinfection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/03, 229E | 3 y, F | Jun 3, 2003 | Fever (39°C), cough, pharyngitis | 10,400 | 87 | 40 | 3 | RSV |
| 16/03, 229E | 8 y, M | Jun 14, 2003 | Fever (41°C), headache, rhinitis, sinusitis | 18,900 | 86.4 | 30 | 4 | ND |
| 109/03, NL63 | 14 mo, F | Nov 30, 2003 | Fever (39°C), cough, severe pneumonia | 18,700 | 44.0 | 85 | 12 | ND |
| 173/04, NL63 | 10 mo, M | Feb 10, 2004 | Fever (38.5°C), cough, rhinitis, tachypnea, bronchiolitis | 7,100 | 57.9 | 55 | 3 | ND |
| 185/04, OC43 | 17 mo, F | Feb 25, 2004 | Pharyngitis, rhinitis, respiratory distress, bronchiolitis | 10,100 | 63.2 | 30 | 2 | ND |
| 12A/06, OC43 | 6 mo, F | Jan 11, 2006 | Fever (38.8°C), cough, tachypnea, bronchiolitis | 19,950 | 80.3 | 35 | 6 | RSV |
| 14A/06, 229E | 7.5 y, M | Feb 13, 2006 | Fever (40.5°C), cough, rhinitis | 20,600 | 83.1 | 98 | 4 | Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
*HCoV, human coronavirus; WBC, white blood cell count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; ND, not detected.
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