Allergy and Immunology Department, Hospital Infantil de Especialidades de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Pediatrics Department, Hospital Ángeles, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol. 2023 Sep;36(3):119-121. doi: 10.1089/ped.2023.0045. Epub 2023 Jul 19.
The etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) and its precise genetic basics remain unknown. Genetic variants affecting immunity have been found in some patients. The occurrence of KD in siblings is rare, but KD pedigrees with multiple affected members have been described in Japan and North America. Cases in twins have been documented. We report 2 pairs of trizygotic triplets who developed KD associated with SARS-CoV2 infection from 2 different families. Our cases show that KD is multifactorial in origin, and both infectious etiology (particularly SARS-CoV2 as in our cases) and genetic factors are relevant in the disease.
川崎病(KD)的病因及其确切的遗传基础尚不清楚。一些患者的免疫功能受到遗传变异的影响。KD 在兄弟姐妹中的发生率较低,但在日本和北美已有多个受影响成员的 KD 家系描述。双胞胎中也有病例报道。我们报告了 2 对来自不同家庭的 COVID-19 感染相关的 SARS-CoV-2 感染的三卵三胞胎 KD 病例。我们的病例表明,KD 的发病是多因素的,感染病因(特别是我们病例中的 SARS-CoV-2)和遗传因素都与该病有关。