Kawasaki disease misdiagnosed as acute pyelonephritis [5]

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 851-852

  Ristoska Bojkovska, Nadica ^a   Stavric, Katarina ^a   Tasic, Velibor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; Pyelonephritis; Sterile pyuria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUTROPHILIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 0042131527     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1218-x     Document Type: Letter

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