Open AccessA typical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C)
Author(s) -
Justice Sylverken,
Priscilla Afari,
Charles MartynDickens,
Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu,
Emmanuel Oppong,
Francis Akwetey,
Ekow Mensah,
Haruna Mahama,
Sandra Kwarteng Owusu,
Sampson Antwi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ghana medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-163X
pISSN - 0016-9560
DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v55i2s.10
Subject(s) - medicine , kawasaki disease , toxic shock syndrome , pediatrics , respiratory distress , shock (circulatory) , covid-19 , coronavirus , intensive care , immunology , intensive care medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , surgery , artery , biology , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus
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.