SARS-COV-2/COVID19 Induce Kawasaki-Like Disease in Children Experience of Republic of Moldova: A Report of Five Cases

Abstract

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus is a serious challenge for the entire medical and scientific community. Medical institutions are facing record numbers of patients and conflicting claims about SARS-CoV-2 and due to its mutagenic properties, thanks to the D614G protein from Coronavirus (CoV) defining the determines the mutagenicity of SARS - CoV and MERS-CoV [1,2]. With the expansion of the COVID-19 Pandemic, researchers have reported [3] clinical cases of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), similar to Kawasaki disease (KD). Due to the absence of a diagnostic marker for KD, the latter is established according to the criteria of the American Society of Cardiology, in this situation with associated SARS-CoV-2 infection. We deem it appropriate to report five clinical cases of KD that met the criteria for defining an MIS-C case as defined by WHO.