title: Similarities of Kawasaki disease and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection epidemiology.
abstract: Although an infectious etiology is strongly suspected in Kawasaki disease (KD), an etiologic agent has not yet been identified. By reviewing epidemiologic data published in past decades, this work highlights a higher incidence of KD when populations were exposed to the risk of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection. This hitherto unnoticed element reinforces the hypothesis whereby this bacterium might contribute to the development of KD in some cases.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine Henri Warembourg and Institut Pasteur, Lille, France. p-vincent@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Eeva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salo
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skurnik
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simonet
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*