Author: Mogharab V, Pasha AM, Javdani F, Hatami N
Source: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Year: 2020
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Abstract / Excerpt:
In late December of 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in China. On 11 February 2020, the World Health Organization named the disease caused by this virus COVID-19. The disease quickly spread to Chinese cities and other parts of the world, including Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and Iran.1 The number of infected patients increased daily until the World Health Organization in June declared the outbreak a serious and urgent threat to public health. Most people infected with the virus recover well, but some also may experience fatal complications, such as acute organ failure, septic shock, acute pulmonary edema, acute pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.1 As infection has been transmitted from individual to individual,2 the first cases of the disease in areas outside of Wuhan, occurred in travelers from Wuhan; as The First Case of COVID-19 was confirmed to be a 35-year-old woman living in Wuhan who traveled to Korea.3 On January 20, 2020, a 55-year-old woman working in Wuhan, arrived at Taiwan and was referred to quarantine authorities with symptoms of sore throat, dry cough, fatigue, and feeling low-grade fever on January 11.4 While COVID-19 infection seems to be more prevalent in adults than in children, rare cases of children infection are being reported, mainly seen in family clusters.5 The presented case is a 75-day-old infant that was referred to the pediatric emergency department, with a history of severe dry cough and abnormal noisy breathing sound (heard without a stethoscope) during the last 11 days.
Citation: Mogharab V, Pasha AM, Javdani F, Hatami N. The first case of COVID-19 infection in a 75-day-old infant in Jahrom City, south of Iran. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association. 2020