1. A typical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C)
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Priscilla Afari, Francis Akwetey, Charles Martyn-Dickens, Haruna Mahama, Justice Sylverken, Ekow Mensah, Sheila A. Owusu, Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Sampson Antwi, and Emmanuel Oppong
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Kawasaki-like syndrome ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Respiratory distress ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,COVID-19 ,MIS-C ,Acute care ,Intensive care ,Medicine ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ,Data reporting ,business ,Children ,Mild disease - 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. © 2021 Ghana Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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- 2021