Two cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: experience at a single centre in Sydney

Myung S Ko; Richard P Sullivan; John Riskallah; Christopher J Weatherall

doi:10.1111/imj.15875

Two cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: experience at a single centre in Sydney

Intern Med J. 2022 Aug;52(8):1423-1428. doi: 10.1111/imj.15875.

Authors

Myung S Ko^{1

2}, Richard P Sullivan^{1

3

4}, John Riskallah⁵, Christopher J Weatherall^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Sexual Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ St George and Sutherland Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine and Health, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 35973957
DOI: 10.1111/imj.15875

Abstract

We report two cases of middle-aged men who presented with clinical features that satisfied the diagnostic criteria for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A). Both patients were treated for toxic shock syndrome and MIS-A and have recovered. The purpose of this article is to communicate our experience and challenges of assessing and treating this condition and to raise awareness of the condition.

Keywords: MIS-A; MIS-C; multisystem inflammatory syndrome; post-COVID-19 hyperinflammatory syndrome; toxic shock syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Shock, Septic* / diagnosis
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / diagnosis
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / therapy

Supplementary concepts

adult multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related