{"title":"Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Morocco.","authors":"Naima Amenzoui, Siham Zouiter, Meriem Nassid, Halima Kholaiq, Ikbal Belkhou, Ibtihal Benhsaien, Fatima Ailal, Fatima Adnane, Zineb Jouhadi, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha","doi":"10.1177/2333794X241286772","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Introduction</i>. This study aims to describe the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of Multisysteminflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). <i>Methods</i>. A retrospective study encompassing 52 children diagnosed with MIS-C according to the World Health Organization criteria, over a 3-year period at Abderrahim Harrouchi Hospital in Morocco. <i>Results</i>. The median age was 6 years (IQR: 1-14), with a sex ratio of 1.16 (28 boys and 24 girls). Clinical manifestations were predominantly characterized by fever in all cases (100%), respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in 30 cases (58%) and 23 cases (44%) respectively, and shock in 9 cases (17%). We noted a myocarditis in 6 cases (12%). The treatment comprised intravenous human Immunoglobulin combined with methylprednisolone in all patients (100%). <i>Conclusion</i>. The characteristics of our MIS-C patients were similar to those in the literature, but more studies are needed to confirm these results.</p>","PeriodicalId":12576,"journal":{"name":"Global Pediatric Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528631/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Global Pediatric Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X241286772","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction. This study aims to describe the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of Multisysteminflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Methods. A retrospective study encompassing 52 children diagnosed with MIS-C according to the World Health Organization criteria, over a 3-year period at Abderrahim Harrouchi Hospital in Morocco. Results. The median age was 6 years (IQR: 1-14), with a sex ratio of 1.16 (28 boys and 24 girls). Clinical manifestations were predominantly characterized by fever in all cases (100%), respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in 30 cases (58%) and 23 cases (44%) respectively, and shock in 9 cases (17%). We noted a myocarditis in 6 cases (12%). The treatment comprised intravenous human Immunoglobulin combined with methylprednisolone in all patients (100%). Conclusion. The characteristics of our MIS-C patients were similar to those in the literature, but more studies are needed to confirm these results.