Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 32932334
Link to DOI – 10.1097/INF.0000000000002834
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2020 Oct; 39(10): e321-e324
Although first considered a benign infection, recent studies have disclosed severe and potentially lethal inflammatory manifestations of COVID-19 in children. We report the case of a 4-year-old child with a post-infectious multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19, with a Kawasaki-like shock and prominent neurologic features, for whom a cytokine storm and reduced brain-derived neurotrophic factor were well documented.