Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: A Case Series

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Jul 13;9(3):393-398. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa069.

Abstract

We present a series of 6 critically ill children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Key findings of this syndrome include fever, diarrhea, shock, and variable presence of rash, conjunctivitis, extremity edema, and mucous membrane changes.

Keywords: COVID-19; Kawasaki disease; SARS-CoV-2; multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / etiology*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / pathology
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / virology