Kawasaki disease - characteristics, diagnosis, and management

• Main Authors: Yevheniia Popravko (Author), Nikola Siekierko (Author), Wiktoria Kotusiewicz (Author), Mateusz Lewandowski (Author), Maja Żołnierek (Author), Zuzanna Lubczyńska (Author), Jakub Świętochowski (Author), Grzegorz Bienia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Termedia Publishing House, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis of medium - sized vessels that affects infants and children. The etiology of KD is unclear. Typical KD requires the presence of fever of at least 5 days duration and coexisting ≥ 4/5 principal clinical features: bilateral bulbar conjunctival inje...