Response to: '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 by Pino et al

In their correspondence, Pino et al1 reported a cohort of 12 children with Kawasaki disease (KD) during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Barcelona, Spain. Among them, six had a positive SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by RT-PCR or serology while six had not. Interestingly, in line with our findings2 and reports from other settings,3–7 patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection mimicking KD (Kawa-COVID-19) exhibited several differences as compared with classical KD, such as older age, higher inflammatory parameters, more frequent cytopenia and cardiac involvement, including myocarditis, often requiring haemodynamic support.1 2 These important discrepancies led to consider Kawasaki syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection as a distinct entity (Kawa-COVID-19,2 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19,8 or or...
Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: ARD, COVID-19 Correspondence response Source Type: research