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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 8, Pages 770-772Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181dba70b
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Kawasaki disease; incomplete; respiratory viruses
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- NIAID NIH HHS [T32 AI070116-02, T32 AI070116] Funding Source: Medline
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The role of respiratory viruses in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD) remains controversial. In this study, we showed that 8.8% of patients with KD had documented respiratory viral infections. Patients with concomitant viral infections had a higher frequency of coronary artery dilatations and were significantly more often diagnosed with incomplete KD. The presence of a concomitant viral infection should not exclude the diagnosis of KD.
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