Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children rose and fell with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study determined the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the occurrence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and compared the main characteristics of MIS-C and Kawasaki disease (KD).

Methods

We included patients aged up to 18 years of age who were diagnosed with MIS-C or KD in a paediatric university hospital in Paris from 1 January 2018 to 15 July 2020. Clinical, laboratory and imaging characteristics were compared, and new French COVID-19 cases were correlated with MIS-C cases in our hospital.

Results

There were seven children with MIS-C, from 6 months to 12 years of age, who were all positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, and 40 virus-negative children with KD. Their respective characteristics were as follows: under 5 years of a

SUBMITTER: Carbajal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753535 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature