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Kawasaki disease shock syndrome in the COVID-19 pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2021

Luisa B. Gámez-González*
Affiliation:
Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de Especialidades de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Moises J. Ramírez-López
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Infantil de Especialidades de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Marcela Colmenero-Rascón
Affiliation:
Cardiology Department, Hospital Angeles Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Marco A. Yamazaki-Nakashimada
Affiliation:
Immunology Department, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico
*
Author for correspondence: L. B. Gámez-González, Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de Especialidades de Chihuahua, Av. Prolongación Pacheco, 31090Chihuahua, Mexico. Tel: 614 1227569; Fax: 434-04-00. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a new entity in association with SARS-CoV2. Clinical features of Kawasaki disease were noted from the first reported cases of MIS-C. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kawasaki disease shock syndrome was considered to be a distinct and unique form of KD. We present a representative case that prove the current difficulty in clearly distinguishing MIS-C from pre-COVID-19-KDSS and emphasie the overlap of the diagnostic criteria.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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