Sixteen Weeks Later: Expanding the Risk Period for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. (18th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cirks, Blake T; Rowe, Samantha J; Jiang, Sarah Y; Brooks, Robert M; Mulreany, Michael P; Hoffner, Wendy; Jones, Olcay Y; Hickey, Patrick W
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 10:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 686
• Page End: 690
• Publication Date: 2021-01-18
• Subjects: multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children -- myocarditis -- novel coronavirus 2019 -- severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has been observed in temporal association with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), typically within 2 to 6 weeks of illness or exposure. We present a case of MIS-C occurring 16 weeks after initial COVID-19 illness to highlight the prolonged period of risk for developing MIS-C. Abstract : We describe the presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and management of an adolescent presenting with a multisystem inflammatory process sixteen weeks following COVID-19. We highlight an expanded risk period, longer then commonly reported, for MIS-C to bring heightened awareness to its possibility.