Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2014
Abstract
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis. The aim of our study was to analyze the clinical course and laboratory findings in our group of children, and compare our findings to the literature.
Specific clinical features of KD like skin rash, conjunctivitis and mucosal inflammation were present in 91% of the children; on the other hand cervical lymphadenopathy was only present in half of the patients. Diarrhea (36.4%) was the most common nonspecific symptom.
The prognosis of children that are treated on time is good. Children under one year of age with incomplete presentation of KD remain a high-risk group, in which the diagnosis and hence the treatment could be delayed.