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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research Letter

Culture-Competent SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharynx of Symptomatic Neonates, Children, and Adolescents

Arnaud G. L’Huillier1, Giulia Torriani1, Fiona Pigny, Laurent Kaiser, and Isabella EckerleComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Characteristics and results of children <16 years of age with coronavirus disease, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland, January 25–March 31, 2020*

Patient Age Days from symptom onset to diagnosis Clinical diagnosis Hospital admission Viral RNA copies/mL Isolate
1 12.6 y 1 URTI No 2.8 × 107 Negative
2 5.7 y 1 URTI No 1.8 × 106 Negative
3 14.8 y 1 URTI No 9.9 × 106 Positive
4 12.0 y 2 Obstructive bronchitis No 6.9 × 103 Negative
5 3.9 y 4 URTI No 4.5 × 103 Negative
6 13.9 y 2 Pneumonia Yes 8.6 × 107 Positive
7 9.0 y 2 Croup No 6.2 × 103 Negative
8 10.1 y 3 URTI No 3.3 × 105 Negative
9 3 mo Not reported Not reported Yes 2.8 × 102 Negative
10 2.2 y Not reported Not reported Yes 5.9 × 102 Negative
11 8.4 y 1 URTI No 5.6 × 108 Negative
12 7 d 1 URTI No 1.3 × 108 Positive
13 12.9 y 4 Pneumonia Yes 4.2 × 103 Negative
14 15.7 y Not reported Not reported No 2.5 × 104 Negative
15 12.3 y 2 Influenza-like illness No 1.1 × 109 Positive
16 15.9 y 1 Fever without source Yes 2.2 × 108 Positive
17 1 mo 0 Fever without source Yes 5.3 × 109 Positive
18 2 mo 1 URTI No 4.4 × 108 Positive
19 5.9 y 1 URTI No 1.6 × 109 Positive
20 15.9 y 2 URTI No 6.8 × 108 Positive
21 14.4 y 5 URTI Yes 1.4 × 105 Positive
22 14.6 y 3 URTI No 1.2 × 104 Positive
23 14.4 y 2 URTI No 3.0 × 106 Positive

*URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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