Kawasaki disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of still unknown etiology. Diagnosis is based on clinical criteria that include fever, exanthema, conjunctivitis, changes in the extremities, erythema of oral mucosa and lips, and cervical lymphadenopathy. However, these criteria have low sensitivity and...
The diagnostic criteria for typical Kawasaki were based on the criteria of the Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Committee. Atypical or incomplete KD has been described in which patients not strictly meeting the diagnostic criteria but have coronary artery changes. Color doppler echocardiograms were done ...
Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile illness affecting primarily infants and young children and rarely teenagers. Although the disease is self-limited, coronary artery abnormalities have been reported in approximately 20–25 % of untreated patients. The diagnostic criteria include a history of 5 or ...
Kawasaki disease: An update 来自 NCBI 喜欢 0 阅读量: 72 作者: A Gedalia 摘要: Kawasaki disease (KD) was first reported in Japan more than 30 years ago, but the original diagnostic clinical criteria defined by Dr. Kawasaki are still authentic. The cause of KD remains unknown. Several ...
Kawasaki diseasefeveraseptic meningitisEarly recognition and prompt treatment of Kawasaki disease(KD) are essential to ensure a succesful outcome of the coronary artery involvement. However, some patients lack sufficient clinical signs to fulfill the diagnostic criteria, and this may lead to problems in...
A diagnostic test would be a major advance allowing earlier treatment and thus prevention of cardiac complications of this serious childhood disease. Our findings represent a step toward better diagnosis of diseases based on molecular signatures rather than the clinical criteria and are relevant to ...
/ cytotoxic T cells) were significantly reduced in both the epithelium and the lamina propria of individuals with Ka- Diagnosis In the absence of a specific diagnostic test or pathognomonic clinical feature, clinical criteria have been established to assist physicians in diagnosing Kawasaki disease. ...
disease among children in developed countries.1 The annual incidence of Kawasaki disease in children of Japanese D g o classic (typical) clinical criteria There is no specific diagnostic assay for Kawasaki disease; therefore, diagnosis is based on clinical criteria, which include fever for...
Incomplete Kawasaki disease should be a consideration in children with fevers of five or more days and two or three of the major criteria. It is more common in younger infants and older children.[1][2][4]Therefore, if an infant younger than 6 months has a prolonged fever of over 7 days...
Most symptoms and diagnostic criteria which are seen in children with acrodynia, known to be caused by mercury, are similar to those seen in Kawasaki's Disease. Genetic depletion of glutathione S-transferase , a susceptibility marker for Kawasaki's Disease, is known to be also a risk factor ...