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- Title
Kawasaki disease, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and adenoviral infection: a scoring system to guide differential diagnosis.
- Authors
Fabi, Marianna; Dondi, Arianna; Andreozzi, Laura; Frazzoni, Leonardo; Biserni, Giovanni Battista; Ghiazza, Francesco; Dajti, Elton; Zagari, Rocco Maurizio; Lanari, Marcello
- Abstract
Children with Kawasaki disease (KD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and Adenovirus infections (AI) of the upper respiratory tract show overlapping features. This study aims to develop a scoring system based on clinical or laboratory parameters to differentiate KD or MIS-C from AI patients. Ninety pediatric patients diagnosed with KD (n = 30), MIS-C (n = 26), and AI (n = 34) admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Unit of S.Orsola University Hospital in Bologna, Italy, from April 2018 to December 2021 were enrolled. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were recorded. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed, and a scoring system was subsequently developed. A simple model (clinical score), including five clinical parameters, and a complex model (clinic-lab score), resulting from the addition of one laboratory parameter, were developed and yielded 100% sensitivity and 80% specificity with a score ≥2 and 98.3% sensitivity and 83.3% specificity with a score ≥3, respectively, for MIS-C and KD diagnosis, as compared to AI. Conclusion: This scoring system, intended for both outpatients and inpatients, might limit overtesting, contribute to a more effective use of resources, and help the clinician not underestimate the true risk of KD or MIS-C among patients with an incidental Adenovirus detection. What is Known: • Kawasaki Disease (KD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and adenoviral infections share overlapping clinical presentation in persistently febrile children, making differential diagnosis challenging. • Scoring systems have been developed to identify high-risk KD patients and discriminate KD from MIS-C patients. What is New: • This is the first scoring model based on clinical criteria to distinguish adenoviral infection from KD and MIS-C. • The score might be used by general pediatricians before referring febrile children to the emergency department.
- Subjects
BOLOGNA (Italy); MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome; MULTISYSTEM inflammatory syndrome in children; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; JUVENILE diseases; SYMPTOMS; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023, Vol 182, Issue 11, p4889
- ISSN
0340-6199
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00431-023-05142-6