Rise in children presenting with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic

Khuen Foong Ng¹, Joseph Morgan², Thomas Cutts², Isabel Duncan², Marion Roderick^{1

3}, Athimalaipet Ramanan^{4

5}, Anu Goenka^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
² Paediatrics, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
³ Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Translational Health Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁶ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK anu.goenka@bristol.ac.uk.
⁷ Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Khuen Foong Ng et al. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;106(12):e49.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322792. Epub 2021 Jul 22.

Khuen Foong Ng¹, Joseph Morgan², Thomas Cutts², Isabel Duncan², Marion Roderick^{1

3}, Athimalaipet Ramanan^{4

5}, Anu Goenka^{6

7}

¹ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
² Paediatrics, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
³ Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Translational Health Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁶ Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK anu.goenka@bristol.ac.uk.
⁷ Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; allergy and immunology; infectious disease medicine; paediatrics; rheumatology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.