Kawasaki syndrome and concurrent Coxsackie virus B3 infection.
Rheumatol Int
; 32(12): 4037-40, 2012 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-21052673
ABSTRACT
We describe two previously healthy children who were hospitalized in the same period in different departments of our University with clinical signs of Kawasaki syndrome, which were treated with intravenous immunoglobulins and acetylsalicylic acid in both cases, Coxsackie virus infection was concurrently demonstrated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and complement fixation test identified antibodies to serotype B3. In the acute phase, both patients presented hyperechogenic coronary arteries, but no cardiologic sequels in the mid term. The etiological relationship between Kawasaki syndrome and Coxsackie viruses is only hypothetical; however, the eventual identification of ad hoc environmental triggers is advisable in front of children with Kawasaki syndrome, with the aim of optimizing epidemiological surveillance and understanding the intimate biological events of this condition.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enterovirus Humano B
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Infecciones por Coxsackievirus
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Síndrome Mucocutáneo Linfonodular
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rheumatol Int
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia