Potential link between SARS-CoV-2 and Kawasaki disease: importance of dentists for the diagnosis
Braz. oral res. (Online)
;
35: e047, 2021. tab
Article
in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-1153608
ABSTRACT
Abstract Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis with predilection for coronary arteries. Due to a lack of reliable confirmatory laboratory tests, the diagnosis of KD is based on a characteristic pattern of clinical findings that appear in a typical temporal sequence. The diagnostic criteria have been periodically modified and the American Heart Association has proposed the most recent guidelines for its diagnosis. However, patients may have incomplete or atypical forms of KD and diagnosis can often be difficult. Because oropharyngeal manifestations are a common and important feature for diagnosing KD and recent studies have hypothesized a possible association between KD and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in this review we highlight the importance of dentists in the diagnosis of KD and its potential association with SARS-CoV-2.
Full text:
Available
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
COVID-19
/
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
/
Practice guideline
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. oral res. (Online)
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Estadual de Campnas/BR
/
Universidade Federal da Paraíba/BR
/
Universidade de Montes Claros/BR
/
Universidade de São Paulo/BR
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS