Analysis of temporal clusters: A new approach to unraveling the mystery of Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of childhood characterized by high fever, rash, bilateral nonexudative conjunctival injection, erythema of the oral mucosa, unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy, and erythema and edema of the hands and feet in the acute phase, or periungual desquamation in the subacute phase. Patients who lack full features of Kawasaki disease may have incomplete Kawasaki disease. Whereas the presenting signs of Kawasaki disease are transient, long-term morbidity and mortality may ensue because of an associated necrotizing arteritis that causes coronary artery aneurysms.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: The Editors' Perspectives Source Type: research