Pustular rash in Kawasaki syndrome.
The skin rash of Kawasaki syndrome is usually erythematous. A 23-month-old Costa Rican boy was admitted with a clinical picture compatible with Kawasaki syndrome, except for his skin lesions. He had diffuse, confluent, multiple sterile whitish pustular lesions on his chest, abdomen, neck, genitals, and thighs.
Ulloa-Gutierrez
Rolando
R
Servicio de Infectología Pediátrica, Hospital Nacional de Niños de Costa Rica Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, San José, Costa Rica. rolandoug@racsa.co.cr
Acón-Rojas
Fabiola
F
Camacho-Badilla
Kattia
K
Soriano-Fallas
Alejandra
A
D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013492:Suppuration