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A CASE OF KAWASAKI DISEASE IN AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY.
Kopiyka, Ganna K; Kravchenko, Tetiana Y; Artomova, Olena M; Soboleva, Krystyna B.
  • Kopiyka GK; ODESA NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ODESA, UKRAINE.
  • Kravchenko TY; ODESA NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ODESA, UKRAINE.
  • Artomova OM; COMMUNAL NON-PROFIT ENTERPRISE «CHILDREN'S CITY CLINICAL HOSPITAL №3¼ OF THE ODESA CITY COUNCIL, ODESA, UKRAINE.
  • Soboleva KB; ODESA NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ODESA, UKRAINE.
Wiad Lek ; 75(10): 2544-2548, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2267008
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Kawasaki disease is an acute systemic disease characterized by the predominant lesions of middle and small arteries, alongside destructive and proliferative vasculitis development. The aetiology is currently being discussed. Infectious factors are mostly preferred, in addition, autoimmune mechanisms and genetic heredity are considered. The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease is established by clinical signs; laboratory changes are usually taken into account as are ancillary criteria. The article discusses the clinical case of Kawasaki disease in an 8-year-old boy. Given the variety and inconsistency of the clinical symptoms (the child had four of the five mandatory criteria together with prolonged fever), there was a late diagnosis, namely on day 10 of the disease. Due to the high risk of cardiovascular complications in the differential diagnosis of children with fever lasting more than 3 days should be considered Kawasaki disease, followed by mandatory heart echocardiography during the first 10 days of the disease, especially if the fever is accompanied by the increase of acute phase reactants. When treating children with chronic fever without a specific source, the doctor should be wary of Kawasaki disease, as it can clinically simulate acute respiratory viral disease, the onset of diffuse connective tissue disease, and infectious endocarditis, and can have common features and require differential diagnostics with coronavirus associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vasculitis / Coronavirus Infections / Heart Diseases / Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome Type of study: Case report / Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Child / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Wiad Lek Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: WLek202210143

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vasculitis / Coronavirus Infections / Heart Diseases / Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome Type of study: Case report / Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Prognostic study Topics: Long Covid Limits: Child / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Wiad Lek Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: WLek202210143