Session: Vaccines, Emerging Pathogens & Post-infectious Syndromes

What Triggers Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children after SARS-CoV-2 Infection?

Thursday, June 26, 2025

3:30pm - 3:55pm East Coast USA Time

Location: Salons F-G

Speaker(s)

Adrienne G. Randolph, MD, MSc.

Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s):

Adrienne G. Randolph, MD, MS, FAAP, FCCM: No relevant disclosure to display

Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation and course of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
Describe the potential role of molecular mimicry of auto-antibodies to SNX8 and other proteins in the pathophysiology of MIS-C.
Understand how to study rare post-infectious hyperinflammatory syndromes caused by emerging pathogens.