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COVID-19 associated Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) in children

Authors

KLUČKA Jozef KRATOCHVÍL Milan DOMINIK Petr HOMOLA Lukáš HORÁK Ondřej NEČAS Jiří JABANDŽIEV Petr ŠTOURAČ Petr

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.prolekare.cz/casopisy/epidemiologie/2021-4-24/covid-19-u-deti-spojeny-s-detskym-zanetlivym-multisystemovym-syndromem-pims-129498
Keywords COVID-19; paediatric patient; inflammatory syndrome
Description The clinical course of the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection (COVID-19 disease) in paediatric patients is predominantly mild. However, in a small percentage of paediatric patients, the COVID-19 could lead to the development of with the Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) presenting as high fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, neurological symptomatology and even as multiorgan dysfunction. These three cases represent the first published report of critically ill paediatric patients with PIMS in the Czech Republic.
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