RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Is it Kawasaki shock syndrome, Kawasaki-like disease or pediatric inflammatory multisystem disease? The importance of semantic in the era of COVID-19 pandemic
JF RMD Open
JO RMD Open
FD EULAR
SP e001333
DO 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001333
VO 6
IS 2
A1 Isabelle Koné-Paut
A1 Rolando Cimaz
YR 2020
UL http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/6/2/e001333.abstract
AB A few weeks after the peak of the global 2019 novel coronavirus disease pandemic, cases of shock, multisystem inflammation and severe myocarditis have occurred in children and adolescents, generating some concerns and above all many questions. An almost immediate association raised with shock syndrome related to Kawasaki disease (KD). However, in light of bo/th experience and literature have taught us about severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) infection, and what already known on the epidemiology of KD, we suggest here the hypothesis of a new ‘post-viral’ systemic inflammatory disease related to excessive adaptive immune response rather than a form of KD caused by SARS-COV-2. We discuss analogies and differences between the two forms.