Table 2. Demographic and clinical information for MIS-C patients biallelic for deleterious variants of the OAS–RNase L pathway.
Patient | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 |
IEI (inheritance mode) | OAS1 (AR) | OAS2 (AR) | OAS2 (AR) | OAS2 (AR) | RNASEL (AR) |
Age at MIS-C diagnosis | 3 months | 3 years | 14 years | 9 years | 4 years |
Sex | Male | Male | Female | Female | Female |
Ethnicity | Filipino | Spanish | Turkish | Turkish | French Canadian |
Resident country | Spain | Spain | Turkey | Turkey | Canada |
SCV2 virology | Nasal swab PCR (−); blood PCR (−); blood anti-SCV2 IgG (+); blood antigen N (−) |
Nasal swab PCR (−); blood PCR (−); blood anti-SCV2 IgG (+); blood antigen N (−) |
Nasal swab PCR (−); blood PCR (ND); blood total anti-SCV2 (+); blood antigen N (ND) |
Nasal swab PCR (−); blood PCR (ND); blood anti-SCV2 IgM and IgG (+); blood antigen N (ND) |
Nasal swab PCR (−); blood PCR (−); blood anti-SCV2 IgG (+); blood antigen N (−) |
Hemogram | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal |
Increased markers of multiorgan inflammation |
CRP, ferritin, pro-BNP, GM-CSF, IL-1RA, MCP1, sCD25, IL-18, TNF | CRP, ferritin, pro-BNP, MCP1, sCD25, IL-1RA, IL-18, TNF | CRP, ferritin, troponin | Ferritin, troponin, pro-BNP | sCD25 |
TRBV 11-2 expansion | (−) | (−) | ND | ND | (+) |
Clinical presentation | Kawasaki-like disease: fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatosplenomegaly, aseptic meningitis with neurological symptoms (irritability), peripheral edema, lymphadenopathy, bilateral coronary aneurysm (Z score +8, +8.7), possible cerebral arterial aneurysm | Kawasaki disease: fever, rash, bilateral eyelid edema and erythema, conjunctival hyperemia | Kawasaki-like disease: fever, rash, bilateral nonpurulent conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, abdominal pain, vomiting,dyspnea, mild mitral insufficiency. One and a half months prior,the patient had fever, headache, and sore throat when her mother had COVID-19. The patient developed oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis 5 months after MIS-C. | Fever, vomiting, coughing, myocarditis, left ventricular failure, pulmonary edema with paracardiac infiltration, polyneuropathy | Kawasaki disease: fever, rash, erythema and edema of the feet,anterior uveitis, cervical lymphadenopathy |
Treatment | IVIG, aspirin, corticosteroids, anticoagulation therapy | IVIG, aspirin | IVIG, methylprednisolone, heparin | IVIG, pulse steroid, anakinra, mechanical ventilation | IVIG |
Outcome | Recovery | Recovery | Recovery, but with persistent arthralgia in both knees 1.5 years after MIS-C | Recovery | Recovery |