title: Kawasaki-like syndromes associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood. It is very rarely seen in adults. Among the adult patients with Kawasaki disease who have been described, a disproportionate number are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This suggests that the immunocompromised state may predispose individuals to this syndrome. We report our experience with 2 HIV-positive patients who presented with Kawasaki-like syndromes and review the published literature on HIV-positive patients with similar syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. johnson@id.wustl.edu
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Storch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome