title: Tell-tale diaper rash in Kawasaki syndrome.
abstract: We have presented three patients in whom a striking desquamating perineal rash developed within the first five days of a febrile illness. Such a rash should raise the suspicion for Kawasaki syndrome even when all criteria are not present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Baptist
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Martinez-Torres
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003963:Diaper Rash / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*