Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 in feces of pediatric patients during the convalescent phase

Yuhan Xing; Wei Ni; Qin Wu; Wenjie Li; Guoju Li; Jianning Tong; Xiufeng Song; Quansheng Xing

The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.11.20033159 doi: medRxiv preprint Laboratory findings of these children on admission to hospital are shown in Table 1 . On admission, all the children had increased lymphocyte count (>4.4×10 9 /L). Only case 1 showed decreased neutrophil count (<1.7×10 9 /L), whereas those of the other two children were within normal range. Elevation of platelets was observed in case 1 and case 2. Case 3 had increased levels of procalcitonin (0.73 ng/mL) and C-reaction protein (10.5 mg/L), while serum level of D-dimer (860.0 ng/mL) was found elevated in case 1. Reduced level of serum creatinine was detected in case 1 and case 2 (<41.0 µmol/L). Transverse chest computed tomograms (CT) showed delicate patches of ground glass opacity of lower lobe of right lung in case 1 on day 1 after symptom onset and consolidation changes of the left lower lobe near the pleura in case 2 on admission; while case 3 had no abnormality on CT imaging (Figure 1) .