Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the covid-19 pandemic in Paris, France: prospective observational study.
Julie ToubianaClément PoiraultAlice CorsiaFanny BajolleJacques FourgeaudFrançois AngoulvantAgathe DebrayRomain BasmaciElodie SalvadorSandra BiscardiPierre FrangeMartin ChalumeauJean-Laurent CasanovaJérémie F CohenSlimane AllaliPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2020)
The ongoing outbreak of Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome among children and adolescents in the Paris area might be related to SARS-CoV-2. In this study an unusually high proportion of the affected children and adolescents had gastrointestinal symptoms, Kawasaki disease shock syndrome, and were of African ancestry.