Diagnostic criteria for PIMS-TS
Child must meet at least one criteria from each row. | |
Inflammation | Fever, inflammation (neutrophilia, elevated CRP and lymphopaenia) |
Single or multiorgan failure | Shock, cardiac, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal disorder |
Exclude other causes | Bacterial sepsis, staphylococcal or streptococcal shock syndrome, infective myocarditis/endocarditis |
Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection | Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing may be positive or negative |
CRP, C reactive protein; PIMS-TS, paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19.