A 14-Year-Old Male Patient with Kawasaki Disease Presented with Stroke after COVID-19

According to several studies, children represent only about 2% of the patients affected by the current SARS-CoV-2, and most often, they are asymptomatic. However, there is a concern about a vascular inflammatory disease which is similar to Kawasaki disease observed in children and adolescents weeks...

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Autores principales: Shala, Nexhmedin, Jashari, Fisnik, Boshnjaku, Dren, Shala, Argjend, Ibrahimi, Pranvera, Kukaj, Vera, Dreshaj, Shemsedin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8214487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5576440
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Sumario:According to several studies, children represent only about 2% of the patients affected by the current SARS-CoV-2, and most often, they are asymptomatic. However, there is a concern about a vascular inflammatory disease which is similar to Kawasaki disease observed in children and adolescents weeks after infection. We report a case of Kawasaki disease presented with ischemic stroke in a 14-year-old male patient following SARS-Cov-2 infection.

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