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Joean, Oana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-4605
Thiele, Thea
Schütz, Katharina
Schwerk, Nicolaus
Sedlacek, Ludwig
Kalsdorf, Barbara
Baumann, Ulrich
Stoll, Matthias
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Article History
Received: 8 May 2020
Accepted: 28 August 2020
First Online: 17 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Epidemiologic patient data was collected as part of routine case notification and contact investigation according to German Federal Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG), 01/2001). Clinical data were anonymised in accordance with the requirements of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG), 06/2017). The clinical characteristics presented were the routine clinical data collected in the course of treatment and follow-up. No additional tests or procedures were performed for the sole purpose of this study. Therefore, the Institutional Ethics Committee Approval was waived. The adult patients and the legal guardians of the pediatric patients gave written informed consent to the medical procedures used for routine treatment purposes.
: The adult patients and legal guardians of the pediatric patients gave written informed consent to the publication of this case series.
: The authors have no competing interest to disclose.
