Kawasaki Disease Complicated by Coinfection.

Case Rep Pediatr

University of Florida Shands Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Published: April 2021

Kawasaki disease is a medium vessel vasculitis with a multisystem presentation affecting 9-20 per 100,000 children under 5 years of age in the United States. coinfection has not been previously described. We present a 12-month-old vaccinated male with Kawasaki disease in the setting of bacteremia. Initial intervention for the Kawasaki disease with IVIG was ineffective, prompting adjunctive therapy with anakinra, with eventual full recovery. Concurrent Kawasaki disease and bacteremia may confound diagnosis and necessitate nontraditional treatment approaches.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8055415PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5584514DOI Listing

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