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Yike Jiang1, Steven C Mehl2, Ella E Hawes1
1From the Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Abstract:
Although case reports have suggested an association between severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 and appendicitis, we found that the overall incidence of appendicitis was stable throughout the pandemic at our tertiary pediatric hospital. Furthermore, we did not find evidence of CoV2 infection in 9 appendicitis tissues. Therefore, we conclude that severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 infection of the appendix is not a common etiologic cause of pediatric appendicitis.
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