COVID-19 in a Subset of Hospitalized Children in Israel.
Shalom Ben-ShimolGilat LivniOrli MeggedDavid GreenbergDana DaninoIlan YoungsterYael Shachor-MeyouhasHalima Dabaja-YounisOded ScheuermanMeirav MorEli SomekhHusam Yakub HannaNoga Givon-LaviAlex GuriEugene LeibovitzYoav AlkanDaniel GrupelUri RubinsteinZohar Steinberg Ben ZeevEllen BambergerAmir Asher KupermanGalia Grisaru-SoenDiana TasherGiora GottesmanDaniel GlikmanMichal SteinPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2021)
At a national level, pediatric COVID-19 is mild, even in hospitalized cases, with only a third presenting with respiratory involvement. PIMS is rare, but necessitates a high index of suspicion, and with suitable treatment prognosis is favorable.