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The multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C) is infre-quent but potentially lethal. There are few reports of this disease and its phenotypes in Latin America. Objective: To describe the characteristics of the clinical phenotypes of MIS-C in hospitalized patients in Lima, Peru. Patients and Method: A descriptive and retrospective study in patients under 14 years old with a diagnosis of MIS-C at the Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins (Lima, Perú), from April 2020 to August 2021. Clinical-demographic and microbiological variables were recorded. According to these, patients with MIS-C were classified into the shock phenotype, Kawasaki disease (KD) without shock, and the fever and inflammation phenotype, analyzing their clinical outcomes. Results: 58 patients were analyzed. 32 (55.2%) presented the shock phenotype, 15 (25.8%) Kawasaki disease (...