CORONAVIRUS DIARRHEA (COVID 19) IN CHILDREN

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus diarrhea in 44 young children who were treated at the Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital for the period 2020-2021. In the age structure of children with coronavirus diarrhea, children over 1 year of age dominated 59.1%, children in the first year of life accounted for 40.9%. Of the remaining hospitals, 56.8% were children who were diagnosed with an acute intestinal infection. Coronavirus diarrhea in the examined children in 59.0% was combined with viral bacterial pneumonia. The diagnosis of coronavirus infection was confirmed by the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in swabs from the oropharynx and nasopharynx by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Quantitative determination of blood procalcitonin (PCT) was determined in 79.5% of patients with secretory diarrhea. As a result, the test showed that 11 (25.0%) children had a course of coronavirus infection without bacterial complications. The disease generally proceeded in a moderate form with a favorable outcome. As a result, it was found that secretory diarrhea is one of the symptoms of coronavirus infection, and the severity of the condition of patients with diarrhea is due to the frequent combination of viral-bacterial pneumonia.