[Kawasaki's syndrome in Italy. Review of the literature and personal contribution]. / La sindrome di Kawasaki in Italia. Revisione della letteratura e contributo personale.

Clinical outcome, lab examinations, therapy and aetiological theories of Kawasaki disease are discussed. All cases diagnosed in Italy since 1977 to 1984 have been collected (64 patients). This review shows that the disease affected mainly children from 3 months of age to 4 year, with a male to female ratio of 1.5:1 and the outcome was quite always benign, a part from a single case that went to death, with an overall mortality of 1 out of 64. Two cases observed from the AA are extensively described. The outcome was benign and one case showed high level of IgE. We stress that even if the Kawasaki disease is occasionally seen in our country, the physician must know the major features not to oversee the diagnosis.