title: Steroid Pulse Therapy for Kawasaki Disease Complicated with Myocarditis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The clinical management of intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease shock syndrome (KDSS) is obscure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three children presented with intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant KDSS complicated with myocarditis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All cases were successfully managed with steroid pulse therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Steroid pulse therapy is effective in immunoglobulin-resistant KDSS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. Correspondence to: Dr Tomomi Sato, Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. ttflutedr@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Junpei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Somura
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruo
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome; D009205:Myocarditis; D020551:Pulse Therapy, Drug; D005719:gamma-Globulins
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D005719:gamma-Globulins