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JOURNAL OF INFECTION
卷 67, 期 1, 页码 1-10出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.04.004
关键词
Kawasaki syndrome; Infectious disease; Genetic susceptibility; Children
资金
- Italian Ministry of Health (Bando Giovani Ricercatori)
Objectives: To analyse the evidence suggesting a possible infectious origin of Kawasaki syndrome (KS). Methods: PubMed was searched for all of the studies published over the last 15 years using the key words Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome and infectious disease or genetics or vasculitis or pathogenesis. Results: Various levels of evidence support the hypothesis that KS is a complex disease triggered by an infection due to one or more pathogens. Viruses or bacteria may be the primum movens, although no specific infectious agent can be considered definitely etiological. A number of genetic polymorphisms have been identified in subjects with KS, but none of them can currently be considered a real marker of susceptibility. Conclusions: Various data suggest that KS is intimately related to infectious diseases and that its clinical expression is influenced by predisposing genetic backgrounds, but our knowledge of the infectious agent(s) involved and the genetic characteristics of susceptible children remains only partial. Further studies are needed to address the many still open questions concerning the disease. (C) 2013 The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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