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BioMed Central, Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 1(46), 2020

DOI: 10.1186/s13052-020-00887-4

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Kawasaki disease epidemic: pitfalls

Journal article published in 2020 by Romina Gallizzi ORCID, Giovanni Corsello, Giovanni Battista Pajno
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

AbstractRecent reports have described in the pediatric population a new type of hyperinflammatory response manifested following contact with SARS-CoV-2, with some of the clinical features attributable to Kawasaki disease (KD). The purpose of this commentary is to remark on a possible recent association between SARS-CoV-2 and KD. Although today little is known about the etiology of KD, the most accepted hypothesis is that of a probable viral etiology, therefore, even the SARS-CoV-2 virus could trigger, in genetically predisposed subjects, an exaggerated inflammatory response that is clinically evident like the one described in KD.