Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil: a multicenter, prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics, as well as the outcomes of children with MIS-C.

Method

Multicenter, prospective cohort study, conducted in 17 pediatric intensive care units in five states in Brazil, from March to July 2020. Patients from 1 month to 19 years who met the MIS-C diagnostic criteria were included consecutively.

Results

Fifty-six patients were included, with the following conditions: Kawasaki-like disease (n = 26), incomplete Kawasaki disease (n = 16), acute cardiac dysfunction (n = 10), toxic shock syndrome (n = 3), and macrophage activation syndrome (n = 1). Median age was 6.2 years (IQR 2.4-10.3), 70% were boys, 59% were non-whites, 20% had comorbidities, 48% reported a contact with COVID-19 cases, and 55

SUBMITTER: Lima-Setta F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7649656 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature