Correspondence on: 'Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort by Pouletty et al

We report a prospective case series of paediatric patients that fulfilled clinical diagnostic criteria of KD during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in a paediatric referral centre in Barcelona, Spain. KD was defined according to the 2017 criteria of the American Heart Association.6 Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infection was made by means of quantitative real-time PCR assay (GeneFinder COVID-19 Plus, Elitech; Puteaux, France) in nasopharyngeal samples; stools were tested in patients with diarrhoea. SARS-CoV-2 IgG qualitative determination (SARS-CoV-2 IgG chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay; Abbot, Chicago, Illinois) was performed during admission. Statistical...

Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - August 11, 2022 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Pino, R., Izurieta, A. C., Rios-Barnes, M., Ricart, S., De Sevilla, M. F., Monfort, L., Launes, C., Cano, I., Lecina, L., Sanchez Manubens, J., Mosquera, J. M., Jordan, I., Sanchez de Toledo, J., Monsonis, M., Esteva, C., Munoz-Almagro, C., Fumado, V., Fo Tags: ARD, COVID-19 Correspondence Source Type: research