High Fatality Rates in Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome: A Multicenter Experience From the Epicenter of Brazil's Coronavirus Pandemic.
Flávia Jacqueline AlmeidaDaniel JarovskyCamila Giuliana Almeida FariasTaisa Roberta Ramos Nantes de CastilhoThiago Gara CaetanoCibele Cristina Manzoni Ribeiro BorsettoAndressa Simões AguiarCarolina Serafini de AraújoMaria Fernanda Badue PereiraHeloisa Helena de Sousa MarquesClovis Artur SilvaAndressa Ribeiro de Matos TannureRogério PradoLuciana Becker MauPaula Andrade AlvaresAntônio Carlos de SiqueiraGustavo Paro ScreminMarcelo OtsukaMariana Volpe ArnoniRoberta Machado Rissoni LaporteFabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa CarlesseFernanda EjzenbergEitan Naaman BerezinMarco Aurélio Palazzi SáfadiPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2023)
We identified a lower median age, particularly among children with Kawasaki disease-like phenotypes, those with a significant need for intensive care, and a high CFR in MIS-C. Our findings confirmed the increased severity of the disease in the selected Brazilian population.