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Abstract
We present the case of a 12-year-old African girl infected with SARS-CoV-2 who was admitted to a tertiary academic hospital in Johannesburg with severe acute inflammatory myositis complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy and intensive care. She also fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
- COVID-19
- infections
- paediatrics (drugs and medicines)
- renal system
- paediatric intensive care
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Contributors FC contributed as primary author, corresponding author and selected the case for description. She also contributed to literature review and writing of the case report. AJS contributed as a primary author and was responsible for interpreting the investigations and writing of the report. SM acted as the overall supervisor for the case report and was responsible for primary editing.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.