title: Kawasaki disease and human bocavirus--potential association?
abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile multisystem vasculitic syndrome of unknown etiology, occurring mostly in infants and children younger than 5 years of age. We present a 13-month-old male with KD from whom was found human bocavirus DNA in nasopharyngeal secretions. Human bocavirus DNA in a patient with KD raised question about the coincidental or possible etiological association.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, Avenida Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Granja
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D056661:Human bocavirus; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000821:virology