Table 1:

Similarities between clinical and laboratory features of MIS-C and pediatric TSS

Clinical Features	MIS-Ca	Pediatric TSSb
High fever	+	+
Skin rash	+	+
Conjunctivitis	+	+
Oral mucosal involvement	+	+
Myalgia	+	+
Hypotension	+	+
Myocardial involvement (dysfunction)	+	+
Gastro-intestinal symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain)	+	+
Renal involvement	+	+
CNS symptoms, altered mental state	+	+
Headache	+	+
High CRP	+	+
High Ferritin	+	+
High IL-6	+	+
High D-dimers	+	+
High Procalcitonin	+	+
Lymphopenia	+	+
Reduced Platelet count	+	+
Increased Neutrophil count	+	+
Increased AST and ALST	+	+
High Pro-BNP	+	NA
High Troponin	+	NA
Isolation of TSS inducing bacteria (Staphylococcus or Streptococcus)	−	+

^ataken from refs (5–7);

^btaken from refs (8–11).

+ represents association with reported cases;

NA: not available.