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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2022

MIS-C frenzy: The importance of considering a broad differential diagnosis.

Reham A Lasheen, Abdelrahman ElTohamy, Esraa O Salaheldin

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. MIS-C: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Reham A LasheenAin Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-7785
Abdelrahman ElTohamyAin Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-0648
Esraa O SalaheldinAin Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-2001
Ain Shams University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of a 3 year-old boy with possible typhoid fever with recent travel to a typhoid endemic area who was primarily managed as a case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The patient was initially treated for tonsillitis after a 3 day history of persistent fever, sore throat, and constipation. The patient presented later when he deteriorated. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA was not detected but the antibodies were positive. The patient went on to develop mucosal, cardiac, and gastrointestinal manifestations and was subsequently treated with immunoglobulins and corticosteroids for MIS-C. Despite the rarity of MIS-C as a complication of COVID-19 infection, the endemic typhoid fever which is relatively more common was not ruled out. The patient additionally received antibiotics for a total of 5 weeks given his unremitting fever. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals should carry out timely testing to exclude more probable differential diagnoses, with area-specific common diseases given due diligence.

Indexed as

COVID-19fever of unknown originMIS-TSmultisystem inflammatory syndromeMultisystem Inflammatory Syndrome temporarily associated with Covid-19pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndromePIMStyphoid fever

Identifiers

PMID35371489
PMCPMC8972923
OpenAlexW4225767220

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