Importance In communities with high rates of coronavirus disease 2019, reports have
emerged of children with an unusual syndrome of fever and inflammation. Objectives To
describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics of hospitalized children who met criteria
for the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)(PIMS-TS) and compare these
characteristics with other pediatric inflammatory disorders. Design, Setting, and Participants …