Kawasaki disease (KD) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in a Middle Eastern patient cohort

Autor: Lemis Yavuz, Sarmad AlHamdani, Samah Alasrawi, Deena Wafadari, Ali Al-Fraihat, Marwa A. Bebars, Jaidev Nath, Diego Arango, Marco Pallavidino, Ruchi Jain, Sinan Yavuz, Mohamed AlAwadhi, Abdulla Alkhayat, Ahmad Abou Tayoun, Walid Mohammad Abuhammour
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-023-00834-7
Popis: Abstract Objective This is a comprehensive characteristic study of Kawasaki disease (KD) and Multi system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the Middle East that creates a formula to differentiate between the two. Methods We conducted a descriptive comparative study of KD and MIS-C in the United Arab Emirates. Retrospective MIS-C and KD cohorts were recruited between January 2017 until August 2021.We compared clinical and laboratory characteristics between both groups. Our data were compared with 87 patients with KD or MIS-C from the literature. Results We report on123 patients. Sixty-seven (54%) met the criteria for KD (36 male, 43 Arab), and fifty-six (46%) met the criteria for MIS-C (28 male, 35 Arab). The median age was 2.2 years range (0.15–10.7) in the KD group and 7.3 years (0.7–15.2) in the MIS-C group (P
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