Kawasaki disease is a very serious disease that can mimic many infections. When unrecognized and untreated, it can result in severe damage to the coronary arteries of the heart, resulting in heart attack and sudden death in children. Luckily, most pediatricians are taught to look out for Kawasak...
1- Kawasaki disease Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis, that may involve small and medium vessels in each organ and apparatus with a multi-factorial etiology, and affects children < 5 years of age in 80% of cases and it is generally attributed to an amplified immunolo...
Kawasaki disease is a very serious disease that can mimic many infections. When unrecognized and untreated, it can result in severe damage to the coronary arteries of the heart, resulting in heart attack and sudden death in children. Luckily, most pediatricians are taught to look out for Kawasak...
Avian influenza (influenza virus type A H5N1)—influenza following close contact with infected poultry. Several outbreaks in humans have been identified in Asia: Flu-like symptoms with vague gastrointestinal complaints that rapidly progress to acute respiratory failure. Diagnosis is by hemagglutinin-specifi...
Generalized rash in association with fever, conjunctivitis, and pharyngitis can be mistaken for Kawasaki disease Laboratory PCR (preferred), antigen detection, and viral culture Persistent and intermittent shedding complicates diagnostics Management
The clinical PIID team deliver inpatient and outpatient care covering acute/complex infection, HIV, TB, congenital infection, inflammation (PIMS-TS, Kawasaki Disease & Fever), Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), Paediatric outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (pOPAT), infection control and primary/second...
Corneal diseases are among the primary causes of blindness and vision loss worldwide. However, the pathogenesis of corneal diseases remains elusive, and diagnostic and therapeutic tools are limited. Thus, identifying new targets for the diagnosis and tre
Ohno-Matsui K, Kawasaki R, Jonas JB, et al; META-analysis for Pathologic Myopia (META-PM) Study Group. International photographic classification and grading system for myopic maculopathy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2015;159(5):877-83.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2015.01.022P...
Hypotension was found in a small number of patients with these four HCoV infections [70] (Table 2). There is no relevant evidence showing that HCoV infection can cause heart injury. However, Kim et al. reported that HCoVs were detected in children with Kawasaki disease, which is characterized...
Other chronic diseases with potential inflammatory involvement of the thoracic aorta include rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, Cogan syndrome, Kawasaki disease, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Wegener's granulomatosis.259 Some types of aortitides remain idiopathic. Cardiovascular involve...