Syndrome resembling Kawasaki disease in COVID-19 asymptomatic children

J Infect Public Health. 2020 Dec;13(12):1830-1832. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.08.003. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Abstract

The current knowledge about the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019) pandemic is still limited and is unravelling with the passing days, especially clinical data, and research in pediatric age group. Recently, there is a new and crucial development reported recently among the COVID-19 asymptomatic children, a novel syndrome affecting asymptomatic COVID-19 children, presenting as a hyperinflammatory syndrome which is like Kawasaki disease shock syndrome. The purpose of this correspondence is to discuss some important findings of the syndrome for the better understanding of the disease.

Keywords: COVID-19; Children; Kawasaki disease; Multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome*

Supplementary concepts

  • pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related