Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota as a susceptibility factor for Kawasaki disease
Fecal DNA was extracted from 26 children with a history of KD approximately 1 year prior (KD group, 12 boys; median age, 32 months; mean time from onset, 11 months) and 57 age-matched healthy controls (HC group, 35 boys; median age, 36 months).