Acute Appendicitis in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children With COVID-19

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Dec;39(12):e472-e473. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002900.

Authors

Juanita Lishman¹, Charles Kohler², Corne de Vos², Marieke M van der Zalm³, Justina Itana¹, Andrew Redfern¹, Liezl Smit¹, Helena Rabie¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, Western South Africa.
² Division of Pediatric Surgery, Stellenbosch University, and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, Western South Africa.
³ Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 32925543
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002900

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Africa, Southern / epidemiology
Appendicitis / complications*
Appendicitis / diagnosis*
Appendicitis / epidemiology
Appendicitis / surgery
Biomarkers
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2 / classification
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
Symptom Assessment
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / complications*
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / diagnosis
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / epidemiology
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / therapy

Substances

Biomarkers

Supplementary concepts

pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related