PULMONARY SYMPTOMS IN KAWASAKI DISEASE

The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is based on 6 clinical criteria, 5 of which must be fulfilled. The presence of uncommon symptoms in addition to the classic criteria can be as misleading as the lack of common ones. Here we report 2 infants with marked pulmonary symptoms in the course of Kawasaki di...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2004-08, Vol.23 (8), p.782-784
Hauptverfasser:	Sengler, Claudia, Gaedicke, Gerhard, Wahn, Ulrich, Keitzer, Rolf
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cough - etiology Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Infant Infectious diseases Lung Diseases, Interstitial - etiology Lung Diseases, Interstitial - pathology Medical sciences Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - complications Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis Respiration Disorders - etiology Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
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Zusammenfassung:	The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is based on 6 clinical criteria, 5 of which must be fulfilled. The presence of uncommon symptoms in addition to the classic criteria can be as misleading as the lack of common ones. Here we report 2 infants with marked pulmonary symptoms in the course of Kawasaki disease who were initially diagnosed with pneumonia.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/01.inf.0000134313.86697.20