Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 : a new virus and a new case presentation

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An 11-year-old boy presented with features resembling those described in health alerts on Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS), including persistent fever, haemodynamic instability and abdominal pain. Laboratory tests, including raised inflammatory markers, D-dimer, troponin and a coagulopathy, were consistent with PIMS-TS. Our patient required transfer to the paediatric intensive care unit; an echocardiography revealed left ventricular dysfunction. He was treated with intravenous immunoglobulins (Igs), corticosteroids and aspirin, with full resolution of clinical symptoms. A follow-up echocardiogram 1 month after discharge was unremarkable.Three SARS-CoV-2 PCRs on respiratory samples, taken over the initial 4-day period, were negative, as was a SARS-CoV-2 PCR on faeces 1 month after presentation; titres of IgG were clearly elevated. The negative PCRs in the presence of elevated titres of IgG suggest that the inflammatory syndrome might have developed in a late phase of COVID-19 infection when the virus was no longer detectable in the upper airway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

BMJ case reports - 13(2020), 12 vom: 09. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Makiello, Phoebe [VerfasserIn]
Svirpliene, Sima [VerfasserIn]
Finlay, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
McKnight, Jean [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Aspirin
Cardiovascular medicine
Case Reports
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunological products and vaccines
Infectious diseases
Journal Article
Paediatric intensive care
Paediatrics
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.12.2020

Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bcr-2020-238531

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318639629