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.