Correspondence on 'Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort'

Maria Vincenza Mastrolia; Rino Agostiniani; Chiara Azzari; Roberto Bernardini; Ugo Bottone; Giovanni Battista Calabri; Flavio Civitelli; Rita Consolini; Roberto Danieli; Rosalia Di Silvio; Susanna Falorni; Luigi Gagliardi; Salvatore Grosso; Marco Martini; Graziano Memmini; Diego Peroni; Marco Pezzati; Giovanni Suriano; Luca Tafi; Angelina Vaccaro; Pier Luigi Vasarri; Gabriele Simonini; Paediatric Tuscany Network

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218797

Correspondence on 'Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort'

Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Nov;81(11):e218. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218797. Epub 2020 Sep 21.

Authors

Maria Vincenza Mastrolia¹, Rino Agostiniani^#², Chiara Azzari^#³, Roberto Bernardini^#⁴, Ugo Bottone^#⁵, Giovanni Battista Calabri^#⁶, Flavio Civitelli^#⁷, Rita Consolini^#⁸, Roberto Danieli^#⁹, Rosalia Di Silvio^#¹⁰, Susanna Falorni^#¹¹, Luigi Gagliardi^#¹², Salvatore Grosso^#¹³, Marco Martini^#¹⁴, Graziano Memmini^#¹⁵, Diego Peroni^#¹⁶, Marco Pezzati^#¹⁷, Giovanni Suriano^#¹⁸, Luca Tafi^#¹⁹, Angelina Vaccaro^#²⁰, Pier Luigi Vasarri^#²¹, Gabriele Simonini^#²²; Paediatric Tuscany Network

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
² Pediatric Unit, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy.
³ Department of Health Science, Pediatric Immunology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
⁴ Pediatric Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy.
⁵ Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Lotti Hospital, Pontedera, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.
⁶ Cardiology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
⁷ Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Montepulciano Hospital, Montepulciano, AUSL Toscana Sud Est, Siena, Italy.
⁸ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Clinical and Laboratory Immunology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
⁹ Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Spedali Riuniti di Livorno, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Livorno, Italy.
¹⁰ Pediatric Unit, Mugello Hospital, Borgo San Lorenzo, Firenze, Italy.
¹¹ Pediatric Unit, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy.
¹² Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Versilia Hospital, Viareggio, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.
¹³ Department of Molecular Medicine and Development, University of Siena, Clinical Pediatrics, Siena, Italy.
¹⁴ Pediatric Unit, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
¹⁵ Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Apuane Hospital, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Massa Carrara, Italy.
¹⁶ Section of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁷ Pediatric Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Bagno a Ripoli, AUSL Toscana Centro, Firenze, Italy.
¹⁸ Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁹ Paediatric and Neonatal Unit, Valdarno Hospital, Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy.
²⁰ Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics, San Luca Hospital, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Lucca, Italy.
²¹ Paediatric and Neonatologic Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy.
²² Rheumatology Unit, Department Neurofarba, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy gabriele.simonini@unifi.it.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 32958508
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218797

No abstract available

Keywords: antirheumatic agents; autoimmune diseases; inflammation.

Publication types

Letter
Multicenter Study
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
Child
Humans
Kava*
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome* / diagnosis
SARS-CoV-2
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Supplementary concepts

pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related