Distinguishing Between Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, Associated With COVID-19 in Children and the Kawasaki Disease: Development of Preliminary Criteria Based on the Data of the Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Mikhail M. Kostik (Author), Liudmila V. Bregel (Author), Ilia S. Avrusin (Author), Elena A. Dondurei (Author), Alla E. Matyunova (Author), Olesya S. Efremova (Author), Eugenia A. Isupova (Author), Tatiana L. Kornishina (Author), Vera V. Masalova (Author), Ludmila S. Snegireva (Author), Vladimir V. Shprakh (Author), Yuri A. Kozlov (Author), Olga V. Kalashnikova (Author), Vyacheslav G. Chasnyk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Objectives: Diagnostic between multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children (MIS-C) and Kawasaki disease (KD) can make difficulties due to many similarities. Our study aimed to create a Kawasaki/MIS-C differentiation score (KMDscore) allowing discrimination of MIS-C and KD....