Surveillance of COVID-19–Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, South Korea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Choe, Young June ; Choi, Eun Hwa ; Choi, Jong Woon ; Eun, Byung Wook ; Eun, Lucy Youngmin ; Kim, Yae-Jean ; Kim, Yeo Hyang ; Kim, Young A. ; Kim, Yun-Kyung ; Kwak, Ji Hee ; Lee, Hyuk Min ; Lee, Hyunju ; Lee, Joon Kee ; Park, June Dong ; Kim, Eun-Jin ; Park, Young Joon ; Gwack, Jin ; Lee, Sang Won
• Description:
  A concerning development during the coronavirus disease pandemic has been multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Reports of this condition in East Asia have been limited. In South Korea, 3 cases were reported to the national surveillance system for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. All case-patients were hospitalized and survived with no major disease sequelae.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Diagnosis, Differential Diarrhea Exanthema Female Hospitalization Humans Leukocytosis Male Mitral Valve Insufficiency Pleural Effusion Sars-Cov-2 Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Ultrasonography Ventricular Dysfunction, Left

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(4):1196-1200
• Pubmed ID:
  33539720
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8007302
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:58e54827f3984289060dfb430783baa8c325c0c05979c902c95dca58ab2468e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104885/cdc_104885_DS1.pdf
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