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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Apr 6;27(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.210728. Online ahead of print.
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Japan
Yasuhiro Yamada, Kaoru Fujinami, Tadashi Eguchi, Hiroshi Takefuji, Nobuaki Mori
- PMID: 33821784
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2706.210728
Abstract
In Japan, a 51-year-old man had minimally symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome was diagnosed ?5 weeks later; characteristics included severe inflammation, cardiac dysfunction, and IgG positivity. Clinicians should obtain detailed history and examine IgG levels for cases of inflammatory disease with unexplained cardiac decompensation.
Keywords: COVID-19; Japan; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; multisystem inflammatory syndrome; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.