id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-309317-cgs0sui7 Galeotti, Caroline Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases following COVID-19 2020-06-04 .txt text/plain 1624 80 44 Emerging reports show that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection precedes the appearance of various autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases, including paediatric inflammatory multisystemic syndrome (PIMS) or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), thus adding to the growing mystery of this virus and raising questions about the nature of its link with autoimmune and autoinflammatory sequelae. Several emerging reports show that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic respiratory infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), could lead to autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases, such as paedi atric inflammatory multisystemic syndrome (PIMS; which includes Kawasaki-like disease, Kawasaki disease shock syndrome, toxic shock syndrome, myocarditis and macrophage activation syndrome) in children [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] . In the USA, the New York City Health Department on 4 May 2020 reported that 15 children aged 2-15 years had presented with symptoms of MIS-C, including persistent fever and increased levels of inflammatory markers, and many also had rash, abdominal pain, vomiting or diarrhea; ten of the 15 child ren were positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection 6 . ./cache/cord-309317-cgs0sui7.txt ./txt/cord-309317-cgs0sui7.txt