Update on the COVID‐19‐associated inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents; paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome‐temporally associated with SARS‐CoV‐2
Davinder Singh‐Grewal, Ryan Lucas, Kristine Macartney, Allen Cheng, Nicholas Wood, Genevieve Ostring, Philip N Britton, Nigel W. Crawford, David Burgner
Abstract
We provide an update on the state of play with regards a newly described inflammatory condition which has arisen during the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The condition has been named paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. This condition has shown significant similarities to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Kawasaki diseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakToxic shock syndromeSystemic inflammatory response syndromeShock (circulatory)ImmunologyPediatricsDiseaseVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologySepsisInternal medicineOutbreakBiologyBacteriaGeneticsArteryStaphylococcus aureusKawasaki Disease and Coronary ComplicationsMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies