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Adult-onset Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) and concurrent Coxsackievirus A4 infection: a case report [PDF]

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2015
Yuki Ueda,1 Tsuneaki Kenzaka,1,2 Ayako Noda,1 Yu Yamamoto,1 Masami Matsumura1 1Division of General Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, Shimotsuke, 2Division of Community Medicine and Career Development, Kobe University Graduate School ...
Ueda Y, Kenzaka T, Noda A, Yamamoto Y, Matsumura M   +4 more
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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome [PDF]

Archives of Dermatology, 1977
• In 1967, Kawasaki reported an acute, febrile, mucocutaneous condition accompanied by swelling of cervical lymph nodes that afflicted infants and young children in Japan. He called the entity mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. In 1974, the condition was reported in Hawaii, and several cases have been reported subsequently from the continental Unites ...
J W Scopes, J A Hulse
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Case Report: Surgical management of giant multiple aneurysms after Kawasaki disease in a teenager [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
Kawasaki disease (KD), or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a rare systemic inflammatory condition predominantly affecting children under 5 years of age.
Giuseppe Fischetti, Lorenzo Giovannico, Giovanni Meliota, Nicola Di Bari, Domenico Parigino, Elena Massari, Maristella Lombardi, Ugo Vairo, Tomaso Bottio, Massimo A. Padalino, Massimo A. Padalino   +10 more
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Potential link between SARS-CoV-2 and Kawasaki disease: importance of dentists for the diagnosis [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research, 2021
: 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 ...
Hercílio Martelli Júnior, Renato Assis Machado, Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli, Mauro Costa Barbosa, Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan, Ricardo Della Coletta   +5 more
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A case of Kawasaki disease with coexistence of a parapharyngeal abscess requiring incision and drainage [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010
Kawasaki disease (KD) causes multisystemic vasculitis but infrequently manifests with deep neck infections, such as a peritonsillar abscess, peritonsillar or deep neck cellulitis, suppurative parapharyngeal infection, or retropharyngeal abscess.
Se Hyun Choi, Hyun Jung Kim
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Enfermedad de Kawasaki asociada a infección por SARS-CoV-2 en un adulto sano

Medicina Clínica Práctica, 2022
Resumen: En el contexto de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 se han reportado casos de la enfermedad de Kawasaki (EK) asociada, en ocasiones a manifestaciones clínicas graves, como el síndrome inflamatorio multisistémico.Presentamos el caso de una mujer adulta
Wafa Elgeadi Saleh, Susana Sanz Baena, Jesus Ballano Rodríguez Solís, Regino Serrano Herranz   +3 more
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Comparison of risk scores for predicting intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in Taiwanese patients with Kawasaki disease

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2021
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common type of acquired heart disease in children, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy is the preferred treatment. Several risk scoring systems have been developed to predict IVIG resistance,
Chi-Nan Huang, Fen-Fen Wu, Ya-Mei Chang, Hsin-Chung Huang, Ming-Tai Lin, Jou-Kou Wang, Mei-Hwan Wu   +6 more
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A 14.5-Year-Old Boy with Coronary Obstruction after Kawasaki Disease: A Case Report

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2022
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile vasculitis and is considered a leading cause of acquired coronary artery disease in children. A clinically critical complication is the coronary artery aneurysm, which may progress and lead to coronary stenosis or even
Mohammad Reza Sabri, Chehreh Mahdavi, Alireza Ahmadi, Mehdi Ghaderian, Bahar Dehghan   +4 more
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Diagnosis of incomplete Kawasaki disease [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2012
Several authors suggested that the clinical characteristics of incomplete presentation of Kawasaki disease are similar to those of complete presentation and that the 2 forms of presentation are not separate entities. Based on this suggestion, a diagnosis
Jeong Jin Yu
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Kawasaki Disease with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Intravenous Immunoglobulin Infusion [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2014
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. We report a case of KD with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusion.
Yu Hyeon Choi, Bong Jin Lee, June Dong Park, Seung Hyo Kim   +3 more
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