Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome — Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) in Indian Children

Dhanalakshmi, K.; Venkataraman, Aishwarya; Balasubramanian, S.; Madhusudan, Manoj; Amperayani, Sumanth; Putilibai, Sulochana; Sadasivam, Kalaimaran; Ramachandran, Bala; Ramanan, A. V.

BACKGROUND: We describe the demographic, clinical and laboratory findings along with the treatment and outcomes among children meeting the case definition of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome — Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). METHODS: We analyzed the clinical and laboratory findings of children who presented with PIMS-TS during an 8-week period from May 4, 2020 to July 8, 2020. RESULTS: We report 19 children with a median age of 6 year (IQR: 13 months-16 years), who met the case definition of PIMS-TS. All of them presented with fever. Multi organ involvement (79%), mucocutaneous involvement (74%), cardiovascular symptoms (63%) and gastrointestinal symptoms (42%) were the other features. Elevated levels of C-reactive protein was found in all of them and the majority of them had evidence of coagulopathy; intensive care admissions were needed in 12 (63%) and vasoactive medications were given to 6 (31.5%) children. There were no deaths. CONCLUSION: Children with PIMS-TS present with a wide range of signs and symptoms. Fewer children in this series had coronary artery abnormalities, and there was a low incidence of RT-PCR positivity with high presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.