Defining Kawasaki disease and pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection during SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Italy: results from a national, multicenter survey

• Main Authors: Marco Cattalini (Author), Sara Della Paolera (Author), Fiammetta Zunica (Author), Claudia Bracaglia (Author), Manuela Giangreco (Author), Lucio Verdoni (Author), Antonella Meini (Author), Rita Sottile (Author), Roberta Caorsi (Author), Gianvincenzo Zuccotti (Author), Marianna Fabi (Author), Davide Montin (Author), Alessandra Meneghel (Author), Alessandro Consolaro (Author), Rosa Maria Dellepiane (Author), Maria Cristina Maggio (Author), Francesco La Torre (Author), Alessandra Marchesi (Author), Gabriele Simonini (Author), Alberto Villani (Author), Rolando Cimaz (Author), Angelo Ravelli (Author), Andrea Taddio (Author), on behalf of the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Pediatric Society (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is mounting evidence on the existence of a Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome-temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS), sharing similarities with Kawasaki Disease (KD). The main outcome of the study were to better characterize the clinical features a...