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Four cases with Kawasaki disease and viral infection: aetiology or association
Tuba Giray1, Suat Biçer1, Öznur Küçük1
1Department of Child Health and Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
The aetiology of Kawasaki disease has not yet been precisely determined. It has been associated with a variety of bacterial and viral agents. Some viruses including human adenovirus, coronavirus, and parainfluenza virus type 3 have been isolated from patients with Kawasaki disease. Clinical presentation of patients with human coronavirus and adenovirus infections mimics Kawasaki disease. In addition, these viruses may also be detected in Kawasaki disease as a coinfection. In this report, we present four Kawasaki disease patients infected with adenovirus, coronavirus OC43/HKU1 and parainfluenza virus type 3.
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