Kawasaki Disease in the Time of COVID-19 and MIS-C: The International Kawasaki Disease Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and Kawasaki disease (KD) have overlapping clinical features. We compared demographics, clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of patients according to evidence of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Methods

The International Kawasaki Disease Registry (IKDR) enrolled KD and MIS-C patients from sites in North, Central, and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Evidence of previous infection was defined as: Positive (household contact or positive polymerase chain reaction [PCR]/serology), Possible (suggestive clinical features of MIS-C and/or KD with negative PCR or serology but not both), Negative (negative PCR and serology and no known exposure), and Unknown (incomplete testing and

SUBMITTER: Harahsheh AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10245460 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature