id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-313058-nrrl4kjc Rivas, Magali Noval COVID-19 Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): a novel disease that mimics Toxic Shock Syndrome. The superantigen hypothesis 2020-10-16 .txt text/plain 1054 68 51 title: COVID-19 Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): a novel disease that mimics Toxic Shock Syndrome. As of mid-September, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 26 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than 30 million people, resulting in approximately one 27 million deaths worldwide, including over 200,000 deaths in the USA alone. Exacerbation of the COVID-19 immune response manifested by extensive cytokines 33 release, called cytokine storm, may lead to multisystem inflammatory syndrome that is 34 fatal in 28% of cases 1 . Interestingly, SAg-induced TSS has been associated with long-term 94 neuropsychologic deficits in adults, including cognitive decline 10 , and we identified a 95 homology between the SAg motif of SARS-CoV-2 and neurotoxin-like sequences which 96 are able to bind the TCR 5 . Clinical 131 Characteristics of 58 Children With a Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome 132 Temporally Associated With SARS-CoV-2 ./cache/cord-313058-nrrl4kjc.txt ./txt/cord-313058-nrrl4kjc.txt