Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases following COVID-19

Abstract

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.

Read full text: Galeotti C, Bayry J. Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases following COVID-19. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2020 Jun 4:1–2. doi: 10.1038/s41584-020-0448-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32499548; PMCID: PMC7271827.



Keywords: Paediatric rheumatic diseases, Autoimmunity, SARS-CoV-2, paediatric inflammatory multisystemic syndrome (PIMS), multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), #Autoimmune, #Inflammatory, #COVID19.

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