Michael Melgar, Julia Haston, Jennifer DeCuir, Qi Cheng, Kathryn E Arnold, Lu Meng, David J Murphy, Elizabeth Overton, Julie Hollberg, Melissa Tobin-D'Angelo, Pragna Patel, Angela P Campbell, Shana Godfred-Cato, Ermias D Belay
BACKGROUND: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) is a severe condition temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, we applied the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) case definition to identify diagnosed and undiagnosed MIS-A cases among adults discharged during April 2020-January 2021 from 4 Atlanta, Georgia hospitals affiliated with a single medical center...
November 30, 2022: Clinical Infectious Diseases