CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19 IN
CHILDREN
• Fever
• Cough
• Rhinorrhea, nasal congestion
• Myalgia, fatigue
• Sore throat
• Shortness of breath, dyspnea
• Abdominal pain, diarrhea
• Vomiting, nausea
• Headache, dizziness
• Pharyngeal erythema
• Decreased oral intake
• Rash
• Asymptomatic - 19.3%
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in
Children (MIS-C)
Some children presents with a severe
inflammatory syndrome with Kawasaki disease-
like features.
Criteria for diagnosis of MIS-C
1. < 21 y , with fever, laboratory evidence of
inflammation, and evidence of clinically severe
illness requiring hospitalization, with
multisystem (>2) organ involvement (cardiac, renal,
respiratory, hematologic, gastrointestinal, dermatologic or
neurological)
2. No alternative plausible diagnoses
3. Positive SARS-CoV-2 within the 4 weeks prior to
the onset of symptoms