Lesson From Practice: Not Gone, Should Not Be Forgotten: Recognising PIMS-TS Cases in a Post-Pandemic World.

Rana Sawires, Anneke Engwerda, Mehyar Khair Baik, Philip N Britton, David P Burgner

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Article in The Medical journal of Australia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rana SawiresMonash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7839-3527

Anneke EngwerdaWerribee Mercy Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Mehyar Khair BaikPaediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance Network, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Philip N BrittonUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2993-6000

David P BurgnerMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Abstract

We describe the clinical presentation, laboratory findings and complications of severe paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (PIMS-TS), also known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in a 16-year-old female diagnosed in June 2025. This case highlights the importance of prompt diagnosis of PIMS-TS in the post-coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic era to ensure timely and appropriate management.

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COVID-19Systemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeAdolescentFemaleHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID‐19paediatric infectious diseasesPIMS‐TS

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PMID42037042

DOI10.5694/mja2.70181

PMCPMC13111971

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