Distinct Cytokine and Chemokine Dysregulation in Hospitalized Children With Acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome With Similar Levels of Nasopharyngeal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Shedding.

Nadine Peart AkindeleTheodore KouoAndrew H KarabaOren GordonKatherine Z J FenstermacherJeanette BeaudryJessica H RubensChristine C AtikWeiqiang ZhouHongkai JiXueting TaoDhananjay VaidyaHeba MostafaPatrizio CaturegliPaul W BlairLauren SauerAndrea L CoxDeborah Persaud

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2021)

The distinct pattern of heightened cytokine/chemokine dysregulation observed with MIS-C, compared with acute COVID-19, occurs across the pediatric age spectrum and with similar levels of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

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