Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases

Recently, an increasing number of SARS-CoV-2 patients with COVID-19 syndrome, which overlaps with Kawasaki Disease (KD), have been reported, supporting the suggestion that infection is one of the triggers of KD. We summarized the reports of simultaneous familial KD cases to better understand the eti...

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Main Authors: R. Ebina-Shibuya, H. Namkoong, Y. Shibuya, N. Horita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220304501
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spelling doaj-734e830583c846ecb4aa952b696f3a122020-11-25T03:45:03ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97122020-08-0197371373Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease casesR. Ebina-Shibuya0H. Namkoong1Y. Shibuya2N. Horita3Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Corresponding author at: Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USAWomen's Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USADepartment of Pulmonology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, JapanRecently, an increasing number of SARS-CoV-2 patients with COVID-19 syndrome, which overlaps with Kawasaki Disease (KD), have been reported, supporting the suggestion that infection is one of the triggers of KD. We summarized the reports of simultaneous familial KD cases to better understand the etiopathogenesis of both KD and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19. Here we discuss the etiology of these syndromes from the point of view of infection and genetic susceptibility.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220304501COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)Kawasaki Disease
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author R. Ebina-Shibuya
H. Namkoong
Y. Shibuya
N. Horita
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H. Namkoong
Y. Shibuya
N. Horita
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Kawasaki Disease
author_facet R. Ebina-Shibuya
H. Namkoong
Y. Shibuya
N. Horita
author_sort R. Ebina-Shibuya
title Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases
title_short Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases
title_full Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases
title_fullStr Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases
title_full_unstemmed Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with COVID-19: Insights from simultaneous familial Kawasaki Disease cases
title_sort multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (mis-c) with covid-19: insights from simultaneous familial kawasaki disease cases
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Recently, an increasing number of SARS-CoV-2 patients with COVID-19 syndrome, which overlaps with Kawasaki Disease (KD), have been reported, supporting the suggestion that infection is one of the triggers of KD. We summarized the reports of simultaneous familial KD cases to better understand the etiopathogenesis of both KD and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19. Here we discuss the etiology of these syndromes from the point of view of infection and genetic susceptibility.
topic COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Kawasaki Disease
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220304501
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