Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who followed rigorous measures during two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in a hospital in Mexico.

Background: COVID-19 infections have been described as asymptomatic or mild, with a low incidence of severe cases in children and adolescents who followed the basic hygiene measures. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of our pediatric population during four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic from a private hospital.

Methods: A retrospective observational study in patients under 15 years old with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test from April 1, 2020 to April 30, 2022.