Similarities of Kawasaki disease and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection epidemiology.
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.
Vincent
Pascal
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Faculté de Médecine Henri Warembourg and Institut Pasteur, Lille, France. p-vincent@chru-lille.fr
Salo
Eeva
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Skurnik
Mikael
M
Fukushima
Hiroshi
H
Simonet
Michel
M
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*