Effect of COVID-19 on Kawasaki Disease: Decrease Age of Onset and Increase Skin Manifestation.

Hossein EsmaeilzadehNegar MortazaviAlireza SalehiHossein FatemianSeyed Mohsen DehghaniMohebat ValiHossein Molavi Vardanjani

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2021)

Admission rate of KD was almost similar during the COVID-19 pandemic but 68% of KD admitted patient were COVID-19 positive. Age of onset for KD during the COVID-19 pandemic was lower and skin manifestation was higher than the same period time in last year.

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coronavirus disease
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soft tissue
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