Stavroula Lampidi, Despoina Maritsi, Marietta Charakida, Irini Eleftheriou, Evangelia Farmaki, Nikos Spyridis, Konstantina Charisi, Petrina Vantsi, Filippos Filippatos, Kleopatra Skourti, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki, Kyriaki Papadopoulou-Legbelou, Parthena Kampouridou, Ioanna N Grivea, Eleni Vergadi, Despoina Gkentzi, Despina Dimou, Patra Koletsi, Lampros Fotis, Theodota Liakopoulou, Aikaterini Agrafiotou, Katerina Kourtesi, Georgios Tsolas, Dimitrios Kafetzis, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Gabriel Dimitriou, Emmanouil Galanakis, George A Syrogiannopoulos, Vassiliki Spoulou, Athanasios Michos, Emmanuel Roilides, Maria N Tsolia
UNLABELLED: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but severe hyperinflammatory condition that may occur following SARS-CoV-2 infection. This retrospective, descriptive study of children hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in 12 tertiary care centers from 3/11/2020 to 12/31/2021. Demographics, clinical and laboratory characteristics, treatment and outcomes are described. Among 145 patients (95 males, median age 8.2 years) included, 123 met the WHO criteria for MIS-C, while 112 (77%) had serological evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection...
January 12, 2024: European Journal of Pediatrics