Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases

Recently, an increasing number of SARS-CoV-2 patients with COVID-19 syndrome, which overlaps with Kawasaki Disease (KD), have been reported, supporting the suggestion that infection is one of the triggers of KD. We summarized the reports of simultaneous familial KD cases to better understand the etiopathogenesis of both KD and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19. Here we discuss the etiology of these syndromes from the point of view of infection and genetic susceptibility..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:97

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 97(2020), Seite 371-373

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

R. Ebina-Shibuya [VerfasserIn]
H. Namkoong [VerfasserIn]
Y. Shibuya [VerfasserIn]
N. Horita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Kawasaki Disease
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
SARS-CoV-2

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ005915023