title: Atypical presentation of Kawasaki disease in an infant.
abstract: A 7-month-old male infant with clinical symptoms of severe toxic shock syndrome died on day 9 of illness. At autopsy, demonstration of coronary vasculitis together with thrombosis of the left coronary artery revealed the true diagnosis of atypical Kawasaki disease. The marked similarity in many clinical features makes the distinction between these two diseases difficult when atypical clinical presentation of Kawasaki disease is present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamillscheg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zobel
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Karpf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dacar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beitzke
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suppan
mesh_terms: D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis*