PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Thabet, Farah
AU  - Chehab, May
AU  - Bafaqih, Hind
AU  - AlMohaimeed, Sulaiman
TI  - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in children
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2015.4.10243
DP  - 2015 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 484--486
VI  - 36
IP  - 4
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/4/484.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/4/484.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2015 Jan 01; 36
AB  - The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a new human disease caused by a novel coronavirus (CoV). The disease is reported mainly in adults. Data in children are scarce. The disease caused by MERS-CoV in children presents with a wide range of clinical manifestations, and it is associated with a lower mortality rate compared with adults. Poor outcome is observed mainly in admitted patients with medical comorbidities. We report a new case of MERS-CoV infection in a 9-month-old child complicated by severe respiratory symptoms, multi-organ dysfunction, and death. We reviewed the literature in an attempt to characterize the mode of presentation, the risk factors, and outcome of MERS-CoV infection in the pediatric population.