Cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with atypical Kawasaki disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Usta Guc, Belgin ^a   Cengiz, Nurcan ^a   Yildirim, Selman Vefa ^a   Uslu, Yasemin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atypical Kawasaki disease; Cytomegalovirus; Etiology; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASPIRIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049027810     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0440-4     Document Type: Article

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