Is a New Post-infectious Inflammatory Phenomenon Emerging? Increasing Evidence of a New Multiple Organ Involvement Syndrome in Children

Mehrnaz Olfat; Seyed Hossein  Mirlohi; Meisam Sharifzadeh; Masoud Mohammadpour

doi:10.5812/ijp-135265

Is a New Post-infectious Inflammatory Phenomenon Emerging? Increasing Evidence of a New Multiple Organ Involvement Syndrome in Children

authors:

Mehrnaz Olfat ^{1
, 2} , Seyed Hossein Mirlohi ^{3
, 2} , avatar Meisam Sharifzadeh ^{4
, 2} , Masoud Mohammadpour ^{4
, *}

1 Children’s Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Pediatric Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Medicine Research Center, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran, Iran

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.33, issue 1; e135265

published online: February 25, 2023

article type: Letter

received: January 28, 2023

revised: January 31, 2023

accepted: January 31, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp-135265

how to cite: Olfat M, Mirlohi S H , Sharifzadeh M, Mohammadpour M. Is a New Post-infectious Inflammatory Phenomenon Emerging? Increasing Evidence of a New Multiple Organ Involvement Syndrome in Children. Iran J Pediatr. 2023;33(1):e135265. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp-135265.

Keywords

Inflammatory Pneumococcal Infections Multiple Organ Involvement Syndrome Children

Acknowledgements

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: M. O.: Drafting of the manuscript; M. Sh.: Study concept and design; S. H. M: Acquisition of data; M. M.: Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content
Conflict of Interests: The authors have no conflict of interests.
Funding/Support: It was not declared by the authors.

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