Epidemiology and pathogen profile of Kawasaki disease from a single center in China, 2018-2020

ABSTRACT

Background: It has been reported that the infections have played an important role in the pathogenesis for pediatric rheumatic diseases. The COVID-19 had the impact on the frequency of these diseases and led to a remarkable decrease of them, which confirmed the role of infections in these diseases. Objectives: To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics and pathogen profile of Kawasaki disease(KD) from a single center in China from 2018 to 2020 during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic period.