Hendricks, Candice LaverneMustafa, FatimaGreen, Robin J.Pepper, Michael Sean2021-03-242021-03-242020-09Hendricks, C.L., Mustafa, F., Green, R.J. et al. 2020, 'Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome : what should we look out for in South Africa?', South African Medical Journal, vol. 110, no. 9, pp. 832-834.0256-9574 (print)2078-5135 (online)10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i9.15062http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79061Despite the mayhem caused by COVID-19, children appear largely to have been spared. The disease in children is also more forgiving than in adults, and most children experience mild symptoms or are asymptomatic. While clinical presentation in children is similar to that in adults, with symptoms including fever, cough, sneezing, sore throat and malaise, progression to more severe lower respiratory tract disease is significantly less common. There have been reports of gastrointestinal manifestations in children, including diarrhoea and vomiting.en© 2019, South African Medical Association. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).ChildrenSymptomsCOVID-19 pandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)South Africa (SA)Article