Pneumonia in the presentation of Kawasaki disease: The syndrome or a sequence of two diseases?

Two cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) presented as persistent lung consolidation associated with Group A Streptococcus and Influenza A co‐infection, which resolved following intravenous immunoglobulin. Thus, pediatricians should consider the diagnosis of KD in the presence of pneumonia that is nonrespo...

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Autores principales: Khoury, Lana, Livnat, Galit, Hamad Saied, Mohamad, Yaacoby‐Bianu, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6676
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author Khoury, Lana
Livnat, Galit
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description Two cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) presented as persistent lung consolidation associated with Group A Streptococcus and Influenza A co‐infection, which resolved following intravenous immunoglobulin. Thus, pediatricians should consider the diagnosis of KD in the presence of pneumonia that is nonresponsive to antibiotic therapy with prolonged fever and inflammatory reactions.
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spelling pubmed-97233932022-12-07 Pneumonia in the presentation of Kawasaki disease: The syndrome or a sequence of two diseases? Khoury, Lana Livnat, Galit Hamad Saied, Mohamad Yaacoby‐Bianu, Karin Clin Case Rep Case Report Two cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) presented as persistent lung consolidation associated with Group A Streptococcus and Influenza A co‐infection, which resolved following intravenous immunoglobulin. Thus, pediatricians should consider the diagnosis of KD in the presence of pneumonia that is nonresponsive to antibiotic therapy with prolonged fever and inflammatory reactions. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9723393/ /pubmed/36483871 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6676 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Pneumonia in the presentation of Kawasaki disease: The syndrome or a sequence of two diseases?
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