tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a retrospective matched case–control study, Paris, France, April to May 2020
Julie Toubiana[SUP]1,2[/SUP]
, Corinne Levy[SUP]3,4,5,6,7[/SUP] , Slimane Allali[SUP]1[/SUP] , Camille Jung[SUP]4,5[/SUP] , Marianne Leruez-Ville[SUP]8[/SUP] , Emmanuelle Varon[SUP]4,5,6,9[/SUP] , Fanny Bajolle[SUP]10[/SUP] , Naim Ouldali[SUP]3,6,11[/SUP] , Judith Chareyre[SUP]12[/SUP] , Stephane B?chet[SUP]3[/SUP] , Annie Elbez[SUP]3,7[/SUP] , Jean-Laurent Casanova[SUP]13,14[/SUP] , Martin Chalumeau[SUP]1,15[/SUP], Robert Cohen[SUP]3,4,5,6,7,16[/SUP] , J?r?mie F Cohen[SUP]1,1[/SUP]
We assessed the association between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and Kawasaki disease (KD)-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a retrospective case–control study in France. RT-PCR and serological tests revealed SARS-CoV-2 infection in 17/23 cases vs 11/102 controls (matched odds ratio: 26.4; 95% confidence interval: 6.0–116.9), indicating strong association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and KD-like illness. Clinicians should keep a high level of suspicion for KD-like illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.48.2001813#html_fulltext
Julie Toubiana[SUP]1,2[/SUP]
, Corinne Levy[SUP]3,4,5,6,7[/SUP] , Slimane Allali[SUP]1[/SUP] , Camille Jung[SUP]4,5[/SUP] , Marianne Leruez-Ville[SUP]8[/SUP] , Emmanuelle Varon[SUP]4,5,6,9[/SUP] , Fanny Bajolle[SUP]10[/SUP] , Naim Ouldali[SUP]3,6,11[/SUP] , Judith Chareyre[SUP]12[/SUP] , Stephane B?chet[SUP]3[/SUP] , Annie Elbez[SUP]3,7[/SUP] , Jean-Laurent Casanova[SUP]13,14[/SUP] , Martin Chalumeau[SUP]1,15[/SUP], Robert Cohen[SUP]3,4,5,6,7,16[/SUP] , J?r?mie F Cohen[SUP]1,1[/SUP]We assessed the association between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and Kawasaki disease (KD)-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a retrospective case–control study in France. RT-PCR and serological tests revealed SARS-CoV-2 infection in 17/23 cases vs 11/102 controls (matched odds ratio: 26.4; 95% confidence interval: 6.0–116.9), indicating strong association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and KD-like illness. Clinicians should keep a high level of suspicion for KD-like illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
full article
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.48.2001813#html_fulltext