Kawasaki syndrome was diagnosed in 80 patients in the period from October 1978 to October 2007. The patients were grouped according to the phase of the disease and the number of organs affected at the time of diagnosis (Asai-Score) as well as the treatment carried out. The time of the ...
Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries, yet it has long defied easy understanding, with diverse traits and multiple triggers, and an unknown cause. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kawasaki disease case rates declined but a different...
is asexually transmitted infection (STI)caused by the bacteriaTreponema pallidum.The infection is diagnosed with blood tests that detect proteins, calledantibodies, that are produced by the body in response to the infection. Once you have syphilis, theT. pallidumantibodieswill remain in your blood ...
In the vast majority, chronic urticaria can be diagnosed. However, it is important to not miss other rare causes of recurrent wheals such as autoinflammatory diseases [11]. Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome CAPS represents a rare hereditary autosomal disease entity with an estimated frequency of...
8.2. Kawasaki Disease Children suffer from COVID-19 more mildly, mainly because of more effective immune responses [76]. The prevalence of conjunctivitis in infected children is estimated to be low (1–5%) [77]. However, an increase in morbidity of Kawasaki disease has been noticed, presenting...
Mycobacteriosis is mainly caused by two groups of species: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM). The pathogens cause not only respiratory infections, but also general diseases. The common problem in these pathogens as of today is drug resistance. Tuberculosis (TB) is a...
“I was in very big denial of my sight, which is one thing, so there were times when I would run and I didn’t run with a guide because I thought I could see,” Brown says. He was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 15 months old, which resulted in glaucoma and ultimately losing ...
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Kawasaki disease is very rare in Western Europe. The disease may involve coronary arteries. A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with Kawasaki disease had had seizure-like symptoms. Further evaluation revealed recurrent myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Due to extraordinary extension of the coronary...
Ishige T, Murata S, Taniguchi T, Miyabe A, Kitamura K, Kawasaki K et al (2020) Highly sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by multiplex rRT-PCR for molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 by clinical laboratories. Clin Chimica Acta Int J Clin Chem 507:139–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j...