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Table 1.

Case definition for Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Any child (16 years) presenting with 1 AND 2 AND 3 below

1. Presenting with

• Persistent fever

• Inflammation (neutrophilia, elevated CRP and lymphopaenia)

• Evidence of single or multi-organ dysfunction (shock, cardiac, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal or neurological disorder)

• Additional features such as coagulopathy.

• This may include children fulfilling full or partial criteria for Kawasaki disease

2. Exclusion of any other microbial cause (waiting for results of these investigations should not delay seeking expert advice)

3. SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing may be positive or negative