COVID-19 in children treated with immunosuppressive medication for kidney diseases.

Matko MarlaisTanja WlodkowskiSamhar Al-AkashPetr AnaninVarun Kumar BandiVeronique BaudouinOlivia BoyerLuciola VásquezSukanya GovindanNakysa HoomanIftikhar IjazReyner LozaMarta MelgosaNivedita PandeLars PapeAnshuman SahaDmitry SamsonovMichiel F SchreuderJyoti SharmaSahar SiddiquiRajiv SinhaHeather StewartVelibor TasicBurkhard TönshoffKatherine TwombleyKiran UpadhyayMarina VivarelliDonald J WeaverRobert WoronieckiFranz SchaeferRowena Lalji

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2020)

This global study shows most children with a kidney disease taking immunosuppressive medication have mild disease with SARS-CoV-2 infection. We therefore suggest that children on immunosuppressive therapy should not be more strictly isolated than children who are not on immunosuppressive therapy.

Keyphrases

young adults
healthcare
coronavirus disease
emergency department
adverse drug