Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated With COVID-19 With Neurologic Manifestations in a Child: A Brief Report
Milena de Paulis, Danielle Bruna Leal Oliveira, Rodolfo P. Vieira, Isabella Coutinho Pinto, Rafael Rahal Guaragna Machado, Mariana Pauferro Cavalcanti, Camila Pereira Soares, Ananda Medeiros Pereira de Araujo, Danielle Bastos Araújo, André Luís Lacerda Bachi, Fabyano Bruno Leal, Erick Gustavo Dorlass, Alfredo Elias Gilio, Edison Luíz Durigon, Eliane Roseli Barreira
Abstract
Although first considered a benign infection, recent studies have disclosed severe and potentially lethal inflammatory manifestations of COVID-19 in children. We report the case of a 4-year-old child with a post-infectious multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19, with a Kawasaki-like shock and prominent neurologic features, for whom a cytokine storm and reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor were well documented.