Osteomyelitis in Kawasaki disease.
A child who was having all symptoms of Kawasaki disease (KD) was diagnosed with osteomyelitis. Very quick response was appreciated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusion for all the symptoms except osteomyelitis. Long term antibiotics were required to treat it. This kind of overlap between KD and pyogenic osteomyelits due to S. aureus, further supports relationship between these two.
Department of Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Dr RML Hospital, Room no-302, New Delhi, 110001, India, spsingh_5@yahoo.co.in.
Satya Prakash
SP
Singh
Nasir Husain
NH
Ansari
Yashwant Singh
YS
Tanwar
Masood
M
Habib
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous