Kawasaki disease and MIS-C share a host immune response.

Tsoukas, Paul; Yeung, Rae S M · Nat Rev Rheumatol · 2022

review · Level V

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Abstract

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and Kawasaki disease are both hyperinflammatory disorders associated with infectious diseases, but are they distinct syndromes or do they exist along a continuum? A comparison of the host immune response in these illnesses provides surprising new insights.

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