COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): A novel disease that mimics toxic shock syndrome-the superantigen hypothesis.

Noval Rivas, Magali; Porritt, Rebecca A; Cheng, Mary Hongying; Bahar, Ivet; Arditi, Moshe

COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): A novel disease that mimics toxic shock syndrome-the superantigen hypothesis.

Noval Rivas, Magali; Porritt, Rebecca A; Cheng, Mary Hongying; Bahar, Ivet; Arditi, Moshe.

Noval Rivas M; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif; Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.
Porritt RA; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Cheng MH; Department of Computational and Systems Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bahar I; Department of Computational and Systems Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electronic address: bahar@pitt.edu.
Arditi M; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif; Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif; Cedars-Sinai Smidt

J Allergy Clin Immunol ; 147(1): 57-59, 2021 01.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-866802

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COVID-19/metabolism; SARS-CoV-2/metabolism; Shock, Septic/metabolism; Superantigens/metabolism; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/metabolism; COVID-19/pathology; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Shock, Septic/pathology; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/pathology

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COVID-19; Kawasaki disease (KD); Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C); SARS-CoV-2; toxic shock syndrome (TSS)

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Shock, Septic / Superantigens / Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Limits: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: J Allergy Clin Immunol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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