Early Detection of Kawasaki Disease in Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of infantile Kawasaki disease (KD), and to evaluate early diagnostic features of KD in febrile infants.

Subjects and methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 64 KD patients from January 2010 to October 2014. There was an analysis of the clinical, laboratory data of the infants versus children groups. Furthermore, the clinical and laboratory data of infantile KD patients were compared with 16 infants who were admitted for other acute febrile diseases.

Results

A total of 64 patients with KD were identified; 20 (31.3%) were infants; 44 (68.8%) were >1 year old children. Incomplete KD was much more common in infants (n=13, 65.0%) than in children group (n=14, 31.8%) (p

SUBMITTER: Kang JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4661367 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature