Kawasaki Disease Outbreak in Children During COVID-19 Pandemic (original) (raw)

BackgroundIn response to the recent information about the outbreak of Kawasaki disease (KD) in children connected to SARS-Cov-2 pandemic, we would like to present a group of six patients hospitalized from March to May 2020 with an inflammatory disease similar to KD. Findings There were four girls and two boys, aged from 15 months to 16 years. They all presented with fever lasting at least five days, irritability, bilateral nonexudative conjunctivitis, lymphadenopathy, mucus membrane changes, rash, edema.Neither the patients nor the other members of the patients' households had a positive history of COVID-19 infection. None of the six children had a positive PCR result for SARS-CoV-2 or a positive results for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. All patients received empiric antibiotic therapy. Four patients were diagnosed with KD. Three children received standard treatment. One boy did not respond and received an additional 14-days course of methylprednisolone.In two girls, the diagnosis o...