title: Carbamazepine hypersensitivity and rickettsiosis mimicking Kawasaki disease.
abstract: We report on two patients whose clinical presentation resembled that of Kawasaki disease. The first patient was a boy with epilepsy, whose symptoms first appeared following treatment with carbamazepine. The second boy had Mediterranean Spotted Fever. The significance of medical history in avoiding overdiagnosis of Kawasaki disease is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Paediatrics, A. P. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, GR-Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garoufi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yiallouros
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theodoridis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karpathios
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D002220:Carbamazepine; D002701:Chloramphenicol