Anosmia and Ageusia: Not an Uncommon Presentation of COVID-19 Infection in Children and Adolescents
Anosmia and Ageusia: Not an Uncommon Presentation of COVID-19 Infection in Children and Adolescents
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DOI：
10.1097/inf.0000000000002718
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Kwan, Mike Yat-Wah
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作者：
Mak, Phoebe Qiaozhen;Chung, Ka-Shing;Kwan, Mike Yat-Wah
自2019年12月底中华人民共和国湖北省武汉市出现聚集性病毒性肺炎病例以来，由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒引起（SARS-CoV-2），一种新型冠状病毒，也称为“冠状病毒病2019”截至二零二零年四月七日，超过200个国家及地区已报告超过1，214，466宗COVID-19病例，导致超过67，767人死亡。该疾病于二零二零年三月十一日被世界卫生组织（世卫组织）确认为大流行。已发表的COVID-19感染成人患者的报告描述了包括发热、咳嗽、疲劳、咳痰、头痛、呼吸困难和腹泻在内的症状。儿童通常表现出较轻的呼吸道症状或无症状，而味觉或嗅觉丧失则很少报告。在本文中，我们报告了三例COVID-19感染的儿科患者，他们表现为嗅觉丧失和/或味觉丧失。
Since the emergence of a cluster of viral pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, at the end of December 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus also known as "coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)," as of 7 April 2020, more than 1,214,466 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in more than 200 countries and territories, resulting in more than 67,767 deaths. The disease was recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Published reports of adult patients with COVID-19 infection described symptoms including fever, cough, fatigue, sputum production, headache, dyspnea and diarrhea. Children usually showed milder respiratory symptoms or were asymptomatic, while loss of taste or sensation of smell were seldom reported. In this paper, we report three cases of pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection who presented with anosmia and/or ageusia.