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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2026

Temporal trends in clinical and inflammatory features of Kawasaki disease across the COVID-19 pandemic: a single-center experience from Turkey.

Gamze Vuran, Murat Muhtar Yılmazer

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Gamze VuranDepartment of Paediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Paediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye.
Murat Muhtar YılmazerDepartment of Paediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Paediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with changes in the epidemiology and clinical presentation of pediatric inflammatory diseases, including Kawasaki disease (KD). However, data comparing Kawasaki disease characteristics across pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic periods remain limited. Methods: This retrospective single-center study included children diagnosed with KD between January 2015 and February 2024. Patients were classified as pre-pandemic (2015-2019), pandemic (2020-2021), or post-pandemic (2022-2024). Demographic characteristics, clinical features, laboratory findings, treatment response, and echocardiographic outcomes were compared among periods. Results: Eighty-seven patients were analyzed (pre-pandemic Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in the inflammatory and clinical expression of Kawasaki disease without clear differences in cardiac outcomes, suggesting a greater effect on disease phenotype than on overall disease course; however, these findings should be interpreted in the context of the retrospective design and limited sample size.

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clinical featuresCOVID-19inflammationKawasaki diseasepost-pandemic

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