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Kawasaki disease with tsutsugamushi disease: two case reports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2020

Hye Su Hwang ,
Ye Jin Kim  and
Min Seob Song Open the ORCID record for Min Seob Song [Opens in a new window]
Hye Su Hwang
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
Ye Jin Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
Min Seob Song*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
*
Author for correspondence: Min Seob Song, Department of Pediatrics, Inje University, Haeundae Paik Hospital, 875, Haeun-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan48108, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82-51-797-2000; Fax: +82-51-797-3725. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A number of microorganisms were hypothesised as an aetiology of the Kawasaki disease. Unfortunately, no specific agent that provides reproducible evidence has yet been reported. We report two cases of extremely rare Kawasaki disease with tsutsugamushi disease. These case reports suggest that Kawasaki disease can rarely occur concurrently or immediately after a rickettsial illness such as tsutsugamushi disease.

Keywords

Kawasaki diseasetsutsugamushi diseasecoronary artery dilatation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 6 , June 2020 , pp. 877 - 879
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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