TY - JOUR T1 - SARS-CoV-2 identification in an acute appendicitis case: Acute abdomen as manifestation of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a child with COVID-19 JO - The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases T2 - AU - Serra,Amanda Munhoz AU - Ventura,Andréa Maria Cordeiro AU - Xavier,Lucas Freitas AU - Simões,Angélica Braz AU - Duarte-Neto,Amaro Nunes SN - 14138670 M3 - 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101651 DO - 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101651 UR - https://www.bjid.org.br/en-sars-cov-2-identification-in-an-acute-articulo-S1413867021001203 AB - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health emergency. The clinical course of COVID-19 in children is mild in most of the cases, but multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is recognized as a potential life-threatening complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Acute abdomen as a presentation of COVID-19 is rare, and its correlation to COVID-19 features and prognosis remains undetermined. Herein, we describe a case of appendicitis in a child with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 identification in appendix tissue. ER -