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Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C)
The emergence of COVID-19 by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019 has seen evolving data reporting infrequent infection in children and mostly mild disease for children who contract the infection. A severe form of COVID-19 in children recently reported in Europe...
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Ghana Medical Association
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853694/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233117 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10 |
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author | Sylverken, Justice Afari, Priscilla Martyn-Dickens, Charles Owusu, Sheila A Oppong, Emmanuel Akwetey, Francis Mensah, Ekow Mahama, Haruna Owusu, Sandra K Antwi, Sampson |
author_facet | Sylverken, Justice Afari, Priscilla Martyn-Dickens, Charles Owusu, Sheila A Oppong, Emmanuel Akwetey, Francis Mensah, Ekow Mahama, Haruna Owusu, Sandra K Antwi, Sampson |
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description | The emergence of COVID-19 by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019 has seen evolving data reporting infrequent infection in children and mostly mild disease for children who contract the infection. A severe form of COVID-19 in children recently reported in Europe and North America describes a multisystem inflammation syndrome in children (MIS-C), presenting as toxic-shock-like and Kawasaki-like syndromes. Data on MIS-C in Africa is being documented with recent reports from South Africa and Nigeria in black children, but information on MIS-C in Ghana is yet to be characterized. We report the first case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child who tested PCR positive to SARS-CoV2 in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. The case describes a 10-year-old boy who reported Kawasaki-like syndrome without shock but with moderate respiratory distress requiring supportive acute care without the need for intensive care. FUNDING: None declared |
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spelling | pubmed-88536942022-02-28 Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) Sylverken, Justice Afari, Priscilla Martyn-Dickens, Charles Owusu, Sheila A Oppong, Emmanuel Akwetey, Francis Mensah, Ekow Mahama, Haruna Owusu, Sandra K Antwi, Sampson Ghana Med J Case Report The emergence of COVID-19 by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019 has seen evolving data reporting infrequent infection in children and mostly mild disease for children who contract the infection. A severe form of COVID-19 in children recently reported in Europe and North America describes a multisystem inflammation syndrome in children (MIS-C), presenting as toxic-shock-like and Kawasaki-like syndromes. Data on MIS-C in Africa is being documented with recent reports from South Africa and Nigeria in black children, but information on MIS-C in Ghana is yet to be characterized. We report the first case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child who tested PCR positive to SARS-CoV2 in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. The case describes a 10-year-old boy who reported Kawasaki-like syndrome without shock but with moderate respiratory distress requiring supportive acute care without the need for intensive care. FUNDING: None declared Ghana Medical Association 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8853694/ /pubmed/35233117 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10 Text en Copyright © The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sylverken, Justice Afari, Priscilla Martyn-Dickens, Charles Owusu, Sheila A Oppong, Emmanuel Akwetey, Francis Mensah, Ekow Mahama, Haruna Owusu, Sandra K Antwi, Sampson Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) |
title | Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) |
title_full | Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) |
title_fullStr | Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) |
title_full_unstemmed | Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) |
title_short | Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C) |
title_sort | atypical kawasaki syndrome in covid-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (mis-c) |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853694/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35233117 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10 |
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