FEVER AND BACTERIURIA IN REFRACTORY KAWASAKI DISEASE WITH CORONARY ANEURYSM: RECURRENCE OR URINARY TRACT INFECTION?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Rupesh Kumar Natarajan; Abraham Rothman
- Source
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A2479
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Urinary system
Bacteriuria
medicine.disease
Gastroenterology
Aneurysm recurrence
Refractory
Internal medicine
medicine
In patient
Kawasaki disease
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0735-1097
Patients with incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD), particularly those < 6 months of age and those lacking classic features, experience significant delays in diagnosis. Present guidelines fail to discuss diagnostic considerations of recurrence in patients with history of KD. Although KD often presents