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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection in Kawasaki disease and its clinical characteristics

BACKGROUND: The etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) is unknown. Reportedly, there is an association between KD and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (YPT). Steroid therapy for KD patients with high risk of cardiac sequelae (CS) has been reported; however, the number of reports is limited. METHODS: We conduc...

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Autores principales: Horinouchi, Tomoko, Nozu, Kandai, Hamahira, Kiyoshi, Inaguma, Yosuke, Abe, Jun, Nakajima, Hiroshi, Kugo, Masaaki, Iijima, Kazumoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4642785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26561332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0497-2