COVID-19 Inflammatory Syndrome With Clinical Features Resembling Kawasaki Disease.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1542/peds.2020-1845.
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Abstract
We describe 2 patients with coronavirus disease who had multiple clinical features suggestive of Kawasaki disease (KD). Both patients presented with fever lasting >5 days and were found to have rash, conjunctival injection, and swollen lips. One patient also had extremity swelling, whereas the other developed desquamation of the fingers. In both cases, laboratory results were similar to those seen in KD. These patients had highly unusual but similar features, and both appeared to respond favorably to treatment. It remains unclear whether these patients had true KD or manifestations of coronavirus disease that resembled KD.
Medical subject headings
- Coronavirus Infections
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
- Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome