CONCOMITANT RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH KAWASAKI DISEASE
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 29 (8) , 770-772
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0b013e3181dba70b
Abstract
The role of respiratory viruses in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD) remains controversial. In this study, we showed that 8.8% of patients with KD had documented respiratory viral infections. Patients with concomitant viral infections had a higher frequency of coronary artery dilatations and were significantly more often diagnosed with incomplete KD. The presence of a concomitant viral infection should not exclude the diagnosis of KD.Keywords
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