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Overlaping Syndromes: Kawasaki-Like Disease in Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome vs Atypical Kawasaki Disease. British or American? One Case, Many Possibilities Cover

Overlaping Syndromes: Kawasaki-Like Disease in Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome vs Atypical Kawasaki Disease. British or American? One Case, Many Possibilities

Open Access
|May 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Right pleural effusion.
Right pleural effusion.

Figure 2

Mild mitral regurgitation.
Mild mitral regurgitation.

Figure 3

Left main coronary artery in the proximal segment showing a dilation of 3.4 mm (z score 2.8).
Left main coronary artery in the proximal segment showing a dilation of 3.4 mm (z score 2.8).

Comparative view of the diagnostic criteria in Kawasaki disease, incomplete or atypical Kawasaki disease, and pediatric multisystemic inflammatory syndrome1,11

Kawasaki Disease (KD)Incomplete (or atypical) KDPediatric multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (all 6 criteria)
Fever, and 4/5 criteria:
  • Erythema and cracked lips, strawberry tongue and/or erythema of the pharynx and oral mucosa

  • Bilateral bulbar conjunctival injection

  • Rash maculopapular, erythematous

  • Erythema and edema of the hands and feet in acute phase or periungual desquamation in subacute phase

  • Cervical lymph nodes ≥1.5 cm.

  • Children with

    • • Prolonged Fever (≥5 days)

    • • 2–3 criteria

    OR

  • Infants with Prolonged Fever (≥7 days without other explanation)

  • Compatible laboratory tests (3 of the 6 criteria)

    • anemia

    • thrombocytosis after the 7th day of fever

    • albumin level ≤3 g/dl

    • elevated ALT level

    • WBC≥15,000/mm3

    • Urine≥10WBC/hpf

  • Compatible echocardiographic findings (any of the following)

    • Z score LAD or RCA ≥2.5

    • Coronary artery aneurysm

    • ≥3 features from:

      • Decreased LV function

      • Pericardial effusion

      • Z score LAD 2–2.5

      • Mitral regurgitation

  • Child 0–19 years

  • Fever ≥3 days

  • Clinical signs of multisystem involvement (at least 2 of following):

    • rash/bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis/mucocutaneous inflammation signs: oral, hands or feet

    • hypotension or shock

    • features of myocardial dysfunction, pericarditis, valvulitis, coronary abnormalities (echo findings or troponin/NT proBNP)

    • evidence of coagulopathy (prolonged prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time or elevated D-dimers)

    • Acute gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain)

  • Elevated markers of inflammation such as C reactive protein, procalcitonin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

  • No other obvious microbial cause of inflammation, including bacterial sepsis, staphylococcal/streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

  • Evidence of COVID-19 (RT PCR, antigen test, serology) or likely contact with patients with COVID-19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2020.31.4.897 | Journal eISSN: 2734-6382 | Journal ISSN: 1220-658X
Language: English
Page range: 897 - 902
Published on: May 5, 2022
Published by: Romanian Society of Cardiology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Cristiana Voicu, Cosmin Grigore, Dan Stefan, Cristina Filip, Gabriela Duica, Georgiana Nicolae, Mihaela Balgradean, Alin Nicolescu, Eliza Cinteza, published by Romanian Society of Cardiology
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