A new mimicker of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: Influenza
Gülnihan Üstündağ1
, Eda Karadağ Öncel1, Aslıhan Şahin1, Aslıhan Arslan Maden1, Dilek Yılmaz2
1Health Science University Izmir Tepecik Training And Research Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Izmir, Türkiye
2Izmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty Of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Izmir, Türkiye
Keywords: children, influenza, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Abstract
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) might present a severe clinical course that clinicians should promptly treat. However, distinguishing other illnesses similar to MIS-C could be confusing. Here, we presented a two-year-old boy diagnosed with MIS-C owing to three days of fever, gastrointestinal findings, mucosal involvement, and elevated inflammatory markers, whose respiratory virus panel resulted in influenza A.
Cite this article as: Ustundag G, Karadag Oncel E, Sahin A, Arslan Maden A, Yilmaz D. A new mimicker of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: Influenza. Pediatr Acad Case Rep. 2023;2(3):70-3.
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