Pulmonary symptoms in Kawasaki disease.
The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is based on 6 clinical criteria, 5 of which must be fulfilled. The presence of uncommon symptoms in addition to the classic criteria can be as misleading as the lack of common ones. Here we report 2 infants with marked pulmonary symptoms in the course of Kawasaki disease who were initially diagnosed with pneumonia.
Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité-Universitary Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Claudia
C
Sengler
Gerhard
G
Gaedicke
Ulrich
U
Wahn
Rolf
R
Keitzer
D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology