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Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Treated with Tocilizumab
Carmen Niño-Taravilla1,2, Yazmín P Espinosa-Vielma3, Hugo Otaola-Arca4
1Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Roberto del Río, Santiago 13108, Chile.
Insights
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS-TS) can cause severe multi-organ dysfunction in children post-SARS-CoV-2 infection. Early diagnosis and supportive care, potentially including Tocilizumab, are crucial for recovery.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric critical care medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Rheumatology
Background:
- Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) is an emerging hyperinflammatory condition.
- PIMS-TS can lead to severe multi-organ dysfunction, affecting cardiac, renal, and gastrointestinal systems.
Abstract:
We describe a case of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) in an 8-year-old child. The patient developed multiorgan dysfunction, including mixed shock, cardiac dysfunction with myocarditis, pneumonia, acute kidney failure, and gastrointestinal involvement characterized by inflammation of the wall of the bowel and pancreatitis. After treatment with Tocilizumab and corticoid therapy, he presented clinical improvement and normalization of inflammatory markers. PIMS-TS is a new disease developed in a small percentage of patients, so a high degree of suspicion is necessary to establish the diagnosis. Supportive care is of paramount importance. The use of Tocilizumab to control the inflammatory response is likely to be beneficial, but the best immunotherapeutic agent has not yet been established. Randomized clinical studies should be run to determine the best treatment.
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