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Family and Community Medicine
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Patient Care
Abstract
The United Kingdom first reported in April 2020 a group of eight previously healthy children with a link to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that presented with systemic inflammation and multi-organ involvement, now named multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported over 1000 cases since the primary discovery as of October 2020 with 20 total deaths. [1] The clinical features of MIS-C have been previously compared to inflammatory syndromes including Kawasaki disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome (TSS). We describe the clinical presentation and management for 3 pediatric cases with MIS-C and positive typhus antibody titers that were managed at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, a single tertiary medical center in South Texas.
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Poster
Recommended Citation
Hager, Juliana; Hager, Juliana; and Smith, Jacob, "Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): Is there a relationship to Typhus?" (2023). Research Colloquium. 13.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/colloquium/presentation/poster/13
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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): Is there a relationship to Typhus?
The United Kingdom first reported in April 2020 a group of eight previously healthy children with a link to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that presented with systemic inflammation and multi-organ involvement, now named multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported over 1000 cases since the primary discovery as of October 2020 with 20 total deaths. [1] The clinical features of MIS-C have been previously compared to inflammatory syndromes including Kawasaki disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome (TSS). We describe the clinical presentation and management for 3 pediatric cases with MIS-C and positive typhus antibody titers that were managed at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, a single tertiary medical center in South Texas.