Open AccessA CASE REPORT ON MULTISYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME- CHILDREN HOW THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT COULD BE CHALLENGING
Author(s) -
Seuwandi Basnayake,
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T.G Dissanayakege,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/13726
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , pediatrics , inflammatory response , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , immune system , immunology , inflammation , pathology , disease , sepsis , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Although COVID 19 infections in children are generally mild and non-fatal, there is increasing recognition of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, leading to severe illness and long-term sequelae. Even though there is some evidence that the MIS-C is a post-viral immunological reaction to COVID-19, understanding of the immune response induced by SARS-CoV-2 remains unclear.Various local and international guidelines are being widely practiced in the diagnosis and management of patients with MIS-C. A case report of a young child who was diagnosed and managed as MIS-C is discussed here. The diagnostic challenges with the available case definitions and currently accepted treatment options are elaborated herein.