Author: Jung, Jiwon; Hong, Min Jee; Kim, Eun Ok; Lee, Jina; Kim, Mi-Na; Kim, Sung-Han
Title: Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19 in a pediatric ward in South Korea: Successful control by early detection and extensive contact tracing with testing Cord-id: vce5ig78 Document date: 2020_6_25
ID: vce5ig78
Snippet: We describe an outbreak investigation related to a paucisymptomatic 9-year-old girl with COVID-19 admitted at a pediatric ward in a tertiary hospital (South Korea). The pediatric wards were placed under cohort isolation and an extensive contact-tracing was carried out. Of 1,206 close and casual contacts, a female asymptomatic guardian, who was the mother (secondary case) of an infant that shared the room with the index patient, was found positive. Thirteen days after the diagnosis, her asymptoma
Document: We describe an outbreak investigation related to a paucisymptomatic 9-year-old girl with COVID-19 admitted at a pediatric ward in a tertiary hospital (South Korea). The pediatric wards were placed under cohort isolation and an extensive contact-tracing was carried out. Of 1,206 close and casual contacts, a female asymptomatic guardian, who was the mother (secondary case) of an infant that shared the room with the index patient, was found positive. Thirteen days after the diagnosis, her asymptomatic 2-year-old daughter (tertiary case) who contacted her at home was found positive. Early detection of an asymptomatic case based on epidemiologic link followed by extensive contact-tracing and testing for SARS-CoV-2 appears to be important in effectively containing a nosocomial outbreak of COVID-19.
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