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Table 4 Laboratory and Imaging findings in paediatric patients diagnosed with MIS-C

From: Management of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in resource limited settings: The Kenyan Experience

Laboratory Markers

Median value (IQR)

Imaging Features

N (%)

Blood cell counts

 

Chest X-ray (n = 4)

  

Total white cell counts (×10/L) (n = 8)

9.79 (8.06–13.19)

Pulmonary consolidation

 

2 (50.0)

Neutrophils (×109/L) (n = 7)

5.26 (3.94–8.36)

Pleural effusion

 

2 (50.0)

Lymphocytes (×109/L) (n = 7)

3.27 (1.82–518)

   

Platelets (×109/L) (n = 6)

325.5 (236.0–426.0)

Echocardiography (n = 6)

  
  

Myocardial dysfunction

 

4 (66.7)

Biochemistry

 

Pericarditis

 

1 (16.7)

Procalcitonin (ng/mL) (n = 3)

0.17 (0.10–69.52)

Valvulitis

 

3 (50.0)

CRP (mg/L) (n = 16)

68.15 (19.88–143.0)

Coronary abnormalities

 

2 (33.3)

Haematocrit (%) ((n = 16)

34.25 (31.6–36.1)

   

Haemoglobin (g/L) (n = 18)

11.5 (9.6–12.2)

Bacterial Blood Culture (n = 20)

  

Creatinine (mmol/L) (n = 12)

45.5 (34.0–52.0)

Positive

 

1 (5.0)

Sodium (mEq/L) (n = 12)

134.0 (133.5–137.0)

Negative

 

19 (95.5)

Potassium (mEq/L) (n = 12)

4.3 (3.91–4.97)

   

Urea (mmol/L) (n = 12)

3.8 (2.24–7.25)

COVID-19 testing

  
  

PCR (n = 16)

  

ALT (U/L) (n = 8)

21.5 (8.5–35.65)

Positive

 

4 (25.0)

AST (U/L) (n = 8)

34.5 (23.5–45.5)

Negative

 

12 (75.0)

Total Bilirubin (μmol/L) (n = 7)

6.0 (5.0–11.0)

   

Lactate (mmol/L) (n = 1)

2.76 (2.76–2.76)

Rapid antigen test (n = 5)

  

Albumin (g/dL) (n = 8)

34.0 (25.5–41.5)

Positive

 

0 (0.0)

INR (n = 3)

1.25 (0.85–1.3)

Negative

 

5 (100.0)

  

Antibody test (n = 1)

 

1 (100.0)

Positive

 

0 (0.0)

Negative

  
  1. CRP C-reactive protein, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation reaction, ALT Alanine transaminase, AST Aspartate transaminase, INR International normalized ratio, PCR Polymerase chain reaction, MIS-C Multisytemic Inflammatory Syndrome in Childhood