Corresponding author:
Giacomo Brisca, MD, PhD, Sub-Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini,
via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa (Italy), +3901056362351, fax: +39010382466; giacomobrisca@gmail.com
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7992-0181
Conflicts of Interest:the authors declare that there are no conflict of interest
Keywords : pediatric COVID-19, sepsis, MSSA, catheter-related bloodstream infection, necrotizing pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2
Author contributions : GB was responsible for conceptualization, investigation, data curation, editing and final revision. SB critically revised the initial manuscript and contributed to final revision. DP, MR, MM, AM, PS were involved in patient care, data curation, and manuscript editing. LB was responsible for radiological studies and final revision. EC, and AM critically revised and supervised the manuscript.
All authors contributed to the writing of the final manuscript, and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Abbreviated title: Severe pediatric COVID-19 and CR-BSI by MSSA
Informed consent : informed consent was obtained from patient’s parents