Abstract
Currently we have been facing a newly emerging serious complication of COVID-19 characterized by an unusual clinical condition of an abnormal systematic immune response with multiorgan damage. This condition was titled Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome in children associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) and is already becoming known among the paediatric professional community.
PIMS-TS is a part of a differential diagnosis in patients exhibiting fever lasting at least 3-days. Nevertheless, in febrile states of unclear aetiology, we should primarily aim to rule out other possible infectious causes.
Here we present a case study reporting on a thirteen-month-old girl suffering from a severe and complicated meningococcal meningitis for whom a PIMS-TS diagnosis was initially considered.