A rare case of kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome following covid-19 in an adult
Open Microbiology Journal
; 15(1):87-91, 2021.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1598917
ABSTRACT
In this case report, we describe a Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-A) in a 33-year old man that occurred 19 days after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. The main features at presentation were profound myocarditis, bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and acute kidney failure and laboratory evidence of hyperinflammation. He received ACE-inhibition and beta-blockers for his heart failure and made a fairly rapid spontaneous recovery over the subsequent 8 days.
acute, kidney, failure; adult; article; case, report; clinical, article; conjunctivitis; heart, failure; human; hyperinflammation; male; mediastinum, lymphadenopathy; myocarditis; pediatric, multisystem, inflammatory, syndrome; remission; beta, adrenergic, receptor, blocking, agent; dipeptidyl, carboxypeptidase; dipeptidyl, carboxypeptidase, inhibitor; endogenous, compound
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Open Microbiology Journal
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2021
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