Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C).

Autor:	Sylverken J; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Afari P; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Martyn-Dickens C; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Owusu SA; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Oppong E; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Akwetey F; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Mensah E; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Mahama H; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Owusu SK; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Antwi S; Child Health Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.; Department of Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Ghana medical journal [Ghana Med J] 2021 Jun; Vol. 55 (2 Suppl), pp. 64-67.
DOI:	10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10
Abstrakt:	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. Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: None declared (Copyright © The Author(s).)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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