Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2021)

Surveillance of COVID-19–Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, South Korea

  • Young June Choe,
  • Eun Hwa Choi,
  • Jong Woon Choi,
  • Byung Wook Eun,
  • Lucy Youngmin Eun,
  • Yae-Jean Kim,
  • Yeo Hyang Kim,
  • Young A. Kim,
  • Yun-Kyung Kim,
  • Ji Hee Kwak,
  • Hyuk Min Lee,
  • Hyunju Lee,
  • Joon Kee Lee,
  • June Dong Park,
  • Eun-Jin Kim,
  • Young Joon Park,
  • Jin Gwack,
  • Sang Won Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.210026
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 4
pp. 1196 – 1200

Abstract

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A concerning development during the coronavirus disease pandemic has been multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Reports of this condition in East Asia have been limited. In South Korea, 3 cases were reported to the national surveillance system for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. All case-patients were hospitalized and survived with no major disease sequelae.

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