Kawasaki disease following meningococcal septicaemia [3]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-171

  Ramanan, A V ^a   Baildam, E M ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036315282     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.2.170     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Toxic shock syndrome toxin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus in Kawasaki syndrome
2. Evidence for a superantigen mediated process in Kawasaki disease
3. Selective expansion of T cells expressing T-cell receptor variable regions V beta 2 and V beta 8 in Kawasaki disease
4. Evidence for superantigen involvement in cardiovascular injury due to Kawasaki syndrome