Non-SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Patients Evaluated for MIS-C Associated With COVID-19

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):e90-e93. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002977.

Abstract

Clinical features of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 are nonspecific. In this retrospective cohort study of 39 patients evaluated for MIS-C, 11 had non-SARS-CoV-2 infections, 3 of whom were also diagnosed with MIS-C. Clinical features were similar in patients with MIS-C and patients with non-SARS-CoV-2 infections. Clinicians should consider non-SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients undergoing MIS-C evaluation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / physiopathology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / complications*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / microbiology
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / virology

Supplementary concepts

  • pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related