Kawasaki like illness due to COVID-19: a review of the literature | Zendy

Yulin Fang | Zendy; Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan | Zendy; Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan | Zendy; Keyur Kamlesh Mehta | Zendy; Ramkumar Sekhar | Zendy; Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan | Zendy; Indumathi Venkatachalam | Zendy; Muhammad Bilal Abid | Zendy

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Kawasaki like illness due to COVID-19: a review of the literature

Author(s) -

Yulin Fang,

Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan,

Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan,

Keyur Kamlesh Mehta,

Ramkumar Sekhar,

Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan,

Indumathi Venkatachalam,

Muhammad Bilal Abid

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.14185

Subject(s) - kawasaki disease , medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , vasculitis , systemic vasculitis , coronavirus , incidence (geometry) , disease , immunology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , artery , outbreak , optics

Viral infections have been described as triggers for Kawasaki Disease (KD), a medium vessel vasculitis that affects young children. Akin to the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, there is a similar rise in the incidence of KD in children affected with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) has been reported to induce an exaggerated systemic inflammatory response resulting in multi-organ involvement, particularly initiated with pulmonary parenchymal damage. This review article will discuss KD-like manifestations in COVID-19 patients in the pediatric cohort.

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