ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2022
Convulsions in children with COVID-19 during the Omicron wave.
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- Afebrile benign convulsions with or without a reversible splenial lesion in two pediatric patients with COVID-19.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With SARS-CoV-2 Infection During the Delta and Omicron Variant-Dominant Periods in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
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- The Impact of Omicron Wave on Pediatric Febrile Seizure.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
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- SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.5 and XBB variants have increased neurotropic potential over BA.1 in K18-hACE2 mice and human brain organoids.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Clinical and radiological characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 before and after the Omicron outbreak: a multi-center study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
aimMost children with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, but data on the Omicron variant are rare. This paper describes unexpected cases with convulsions during 1 week in January 2022.
methodsFour children with COVID-19 were admitted with convulsions to the paediatric department in Örebro, Sweden, when Omicron accounted for more than 98% of the country's COVID-19 cases. Three children tested positive for the virus, and one had clinical COVID-19. I was able to contact the parents of three boys, who gave consent for these case studies.
resultsTwo boys aged 3 and 21 months tested positive for the virus and a 14-year-old boy tested negative, but had a cold and family members who had tested positive. The teenager had a history of urinary tract infections, but the younger boys had no earlier comorbidities. None had a history of epilepsy or febrile convulsions. The younger children had a fever and the teenager had upper respiratory symptoms. The 3-month-old child had repeated convulsions for several hours, the 21-month-old had continuous convulsions for 15-20 min, and the teenager had a convulsion for 30-60 s, followed by uncharacteristic aggression.
conclusionConvulsions may be a sign of the Omicron variant in children with COVID-19.
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