title: Coronary artery dilatation and vasculitis in a case of rabies: similarity with Kawasaki disease?
abstract: A 9-year-old boy died of rabies complications. We report the unusual combination between rabies, coronary dilatation on echocardiography and coronary vasculitis documented upon autopsy. In the search for the etiological agent of Kawasaki disease, we suggest that a viral infection with potential antigenic similarities to rabies virus should be entertained.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Ibtissama
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boukas
authors.forename: Nagib
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dahdah
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Robitaille
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D011818:Rabies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*