tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Ghana Med J
. 2021 Jun;55(2 Suppl):64-67.
doi: 10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10.
Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C)
Justice Sylverken[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Priscilla Afari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Charles Martyn-Dickens[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sheila A Owusu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Emmanuel Oppong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francis Akwetey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ekow Mensah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haruna Mahama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sandra K Owusu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sampson Antwi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Children; Kawasaki-like syndrome; MIS-C; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2021 Jun;55(2 Suppl):64-67.
doi: 10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10.
Atypical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C)
Justice Sylverken[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Priscilla Afari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Charles Martyn-Dickens[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sheila A Owusu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Emmanuel Oppong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francis Akwetey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ekow Mensah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haruna Mahama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sandra K Owusu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sampson Antwi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35233117
- PMCID: PMC8853694
- DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Children; Kawasaki-like syndrome; MIS-C; SARS-CoV-2.